Just pointing out that in today's world, representative democracy and nuanced thinking are almost mutually exclusive.
what with the past not even being past and the future here but not evenly distributed, I'm thinking there might be some representative democracies somewhere that do manage nuanced thinking.
It’s a lot easier to have nuance and public support for government programs when everyone shares the same upbringing, culture, and beliefs.
NONE of them have been allowed to go home, despite the government, the judicial system and the tax office being convicted, plus the government falling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_childcare_benefits_scand...
Before that, there were 3 investigations by parliament into Youth Services in the Netherlands. ALL 3 found the large majority of kids taken into care by the government were physically abused by Youth Services personnel (mostly beatings, sex, some being forced to commit criminal acts, some were denied medical care, ...)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-exp...
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toeslagenaffaire
Specifically this section:
"Naast de gedupeerde ouders zijn er naar schatting 70.000 kinderen van deze ouders getroffen.[113] Ruim 1.675 kinderen van gedupeerde ouders zijn tussen 2015 en 2021 uit huis geplaatst volgens Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). Het CBS benadrukte dat dit geen causaal verband hoeft te betekenen en doet nog onderzoek naar onder- of oververtegenwoordiging.[114] Volgens emeritus hoogleraar jeugdbescherming Ido Weijers zijn deze kinderen sterk overgepresenteerd in het aantal uit huis geplaatste jongeren.[115]"
Plenty of links to articles on the subject.
If the government of the Netherlands was dropped in the states they would go back to the Netherlands because it is nicer there. But the principles of government might have a lot to offer.