<i>I don&#x27;t want the shape of my country to be decided by the whims of a super-rich elite.</i><p>But this is what inevitably happens in public choice as a state expands. Once you delegate all regulatory rights to a central exogenous body, it will be exploited by elites and a symbiotic relationship will form as the state develops special interests of its own.<p>Hence the need for extensive decentralization, and yes, individualism.