Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Is this limited to representative democracy? I kinda doubt it. I think people would still tend to identify within groups, whether political, religious or social. And some would try to use that tendency to control people, just as the political groups do today. Maybe they wouldn't be Republican or Democrat, and maybe there would be more than just two, but there would still be divisions among people, and "leaders" who would exploit those divisions.
It isn't exclusive to representative democracies, but worst there - when you're voting on specific issues it will be greatly diminished. Far more people would vote for a candidate they disagree with on an issue because of his party association than would vote directly against their own beliefs because some party platform or figure said so.