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So if there are 100 people and 99 agree on something while 1 disagrees according to you the idea fails no matter how bright it is?

Yes. this is the way an assembly works in Mayan culture. Until there is one who do not agree the project is not taken. That is why I wrote:

An assembly can take several weeks of discussions until the total agreement is reached.

This is the custom of that kind of ancient cultures.

Capitalism is "imposed", socialism is "imposed" even democracy is "imposed" for some people because there is a minority who doesn't agree.

Yes. It is imposed to a minority but there is more about this. Imposition is not just when a minority does not agree. When we talk about imposition, at least in cultural anthropology, we are talking about a lack of participation in the design of an economic or any kind of development project. In the case I was commenting with you, participation is very intense, debate is very intense. There is an assembly of the elders, and an assembly of women an men. Both take part in the debates. No body even gets angry but at least everybody has to reach a total agreement. This has been a great experience. I really don't know if this is democracy. Is the way Mayan villagers take care of the decisions about their own developments.

So all these systems are bound to fail...

At some degree, yes; while democracy is limited to only vote in electoral events.

It sounds like aggressive pessimism

I don't know why you have found this like that?