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Necessary condition for a satisfactory social organization

The necessary condition is: to frame the decision-making process.

This condition is the consequence of discovering what – on a scientific basis – human natureis, and therefore its limits.
By framing, we mean two things:

Corollary

Current organizations, democracy, autocracy, direct democracy, which frame 'who decides', and not 'how we decide', cannot function satisfactorily. In this sense, the ideal of the Enlightenment is just as unrealistic and dangerous as communism.

Remarks

Voting is merely a modality of the decision-making process, not a framing.

Today, when someone thinks about or desires a political reform, they generally remain within the framework of 'who decides'. Their preference may lean toward the savior figure (the enlightened dictator), parliamentarism (representatives), participatory democracy (all citizens directly), etc. We show on this site that this is an illusion. Only a profound reform of 'how we decide' can enable a satisfactory social organization in the modern era, that is, post-technological revolution.

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See 'How to make decisions in line with the general interest?' which deals with a related subject.

Consult the questions:
Why do humans reason so massively wrongly?
What conditions must be met to produce serious reasoning?
How to make decisions in line with the general interest?
Why is the philosophy of the Enlightenment a dangerous myth?
What is the modern political method?

Then refer to the section 'Conditions for a reliable decision-making process' in Chapter 7 of the book From Capital to Reason, and finally to the entire second part of the book for the presentation of a satisfactory social organization.

Finally, see the question 'What social organization would allow us to live in harmony?' which presents the foundations of a satisfactory social organization.