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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

A mixture of both, with the public holding primary power. There's benefit to people having a better perspective on that which surrounds them immediately, but as industry gets more complex and advances ever more, that "immediate" shrinks more and more as a proportion of the overall production process.