My history teacher, in loose paraphrase:

"Is there a such thing as having too much democracy? Do we really want everyone to be entitled to certain privileges? How about this.....should everyone be allowed to vote? Let's go up to this little toddler and say 'here, we want you to go vote!' Do we really want the person behind bars to have a say in how things are run? How about the guy running around hitting people with a sack of cats? Because frankly, I don't, and neither did our founding fathers! They said, yeah sure we're a republic, but we're going to handle things because all you poor people are too stupid. And that's what they did"

In conclusion, although america's kinda fucked today, it's done pretty well to get along as a large scale republic that had no strong example to follow. IBIS isn't a republic, it's a dictatorship and doesn't need the common player saying how things should be run when the system in place is and has been doing very well. Every system has its flaws, and everyone has to accept that sooner or later. Leave things to the higher ups to sort through technicalities; in ways, this tiered system of improving the system (higher ups and admins present solutions to disputes, and then players review and give their opinions about any minor changes that can be added) is like that of when americans drafted the constitution and the articles of confederation. Just think, things could be a whole lot worse than what is it now

Lol just nerded out because I just finished reading about post-revolutionary america these smilies are fun