Democracy's Missing Pieces (Parts 1-2)

Intro I don't care who does the electing, so long as I do the nominating. -Boss Tweed, Tammany Hall (c. 1870) What type of government is best? Well, “democracy” – of course! But that is too vague. The world contains many “democracies” – each different from the next. “Majority rule” is the norm in formerly-British countries, but “proportional representation” is used in Continental Europe and Latin…