The main functions of a democratic political system
In a developed, post-industrial country at the start of the twenty-first century, one of the main functions of a democratic political system is to help us collectively manage living in a complex, global society.
What’s more, we can collectively fund systems that even the richest, most self-sufficient people couldn’t create for themselves, and we use them to serve the common good.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/gratitude-for-invisible-systems/526344/