Elections settle what a majority wants rather than what is true, so a network needs truth-seeking institutions the majority cannot overrule, or a mistaken majority stays uncorrected.

Evidence 2 passages

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  It is particularly crucial to remember that elections are not a method for discovering truth. Rather, they are a method for maintaining order by adjudicating between people's conflicting desires.

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  Choosing between these two options is a question of desire, and should therefore be done by all voters rather than by a limited group of experts. But the one option that should not be on offer in elections is hiding or distorting the truth.

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