The faults with democracy are documented elsewhere within this work - and they are many.

At the same time, we observe that democracies lead to better outcomes than other political systems (like dictatorships). We also observe that some democratic models are better than others - that is, they lead to less rights violations. This section is an attempt to define a better (though by no means perfect) democratic model.

We start by identifying the three main weaknesses of most democratic systems:

1. Constituencies are geographically based. This may have made sense a century ago, where people from one region or state thought they had fundamentally different needs from those in the next state, but in the age of globalization, this is just silly. It also allows gerrymandering of the electorates.
2. We have single seat electorates. Clearly minorities will not get representation in such a system. Ideally, a five percent minority would get a five percent representation in parliament. In fact, a uniformly distributed 49 percent minority well get no parliamentary representation in a single-electorate system.
3. A simple majority in parliament can control the population. Given that everything the government does is redundant or based on force, this requirement is too low.

The Proposal

1. There is one parliamentary house for the entirety of the country, with 100 elected representatives.
2. Any citizen can register as a candidate.
3. All citizens vote (or can vote) for all or any candidates.
4. Voting is preferential, and preferences work in the same way as below-the-line preferences in the Australian Senate **
5. By default, citizens can do anything unless prohibited by government legislation.
6. Government legislation can only be passed by 80 votes or more.
7. Any government legislation can be removed by 25 votes or more.

Justification

This model solves the three problems identified above. If ten percent of the population feel so strongly about an issue they want to vote on it, then they will get (approximately) ten percent parliamentary representation, regardless of where in the country they live. Further, any action by the government must have overwhelming support, not just fifty one percent.

Clearly any constitution for this model would have to have other clauses to make it workable, such as defining who can vote, and under what circumstances the government could prevent an individual from doing so. The details are left as an exercise for the reader.