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===Better decision-making=== [[Condorcet's jury theorem]] is logical proof that if each decision-maker has a better than chance probability of making the right decision, then having the largest number of decision-makers, i.e. a democracy, will result in the best decisions. This has also been argued by theories of [[Wisdom of the crowd|the wisdom of the crowd]]. Democracy tends to improve [[conflict resolution]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002793037001002|doi=10.1177/0022002793037001002|title=Democracy and the Management of International Conflict|date=1993|last1=Dixon|first1=William J.|journal=Journal of Conflict Resolution|volume=37|pages=42β68}}</ref>
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