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How to make decisions in line with the general interest?

The answer to this question follows from the previous answer to the question 'Why do humans reason so largely incorrectly?'.

To obtain decisions in line with the general interest, it is necessary to:

1. require the production of a written reasoning that reports the analysis leading to the decision

2. ensure that the decision remains strictly within the limits of the reasoning that supports it

Why is voting an absurdity?

Voting, for example in parliament, amounts to changing the source of legitimacy for the decision. The source is no longer the quality of the reasoning that led to the decision, but the legitimacy of the social group that voted for the decision.
In other words, every time we vote, we shift from a rational decision to a simple political decision resulting from the arbitration of various interests through the interplay of alliances. We thus move from the general interest to the interest of the dominant group.
To drive the point home, parliament discusses a decision, then votes on it without attaching the reasoning that motivates it, which would be the synthesis of the discussions. Indeed, such properly conducted reasoning would often contradict the final vote. Voting is therefore the tyranny not of a single individual, but of the dominant group.

Limitations of the analysis

Just because a correct analysis has been conducted does not mean a decision necessarily imposes itself. Often, several decisions can be equally valid according to the analysis.
Nevertheless, it is essential to put this analysis in writing, because this is what allows the decision to be challenged when circumstances change, whereas voting without accompanying reasoning amounts to sacralizing the decision, and often inappropriately generalizing it, which is far more detrimental to the common interest.

Further development

Chapters 4 'The decision-making process, or the reign of the irrational' and 7 'Transcending the Enlightenment's philosophical vision' of the book 'From Capital to Reason' provide a more developed version.

Refer to the question 'What conditions must be met to produce serious reasoning? Problem-solving.', then 'A necessary condition for a satisfactory social organization' which addresses a related subject.

Refer to chapter 21 'Justice' of the book 'From Capital to Reason,' which sets out a constitution in a single article.