Can you imagine a whole community trying to agree to make a decision? They will tell me: that's what the witnesses representing the community are for! ... Then they must agree with me that this system is still the same and a single group ends up making decisions that prevails over the rest.

You are right, because the power is still in the hands of a few. It is no better than being centralised.

Let's be respectful of each other, even if we know our mistakes let's be respectful.

We all make mistakes, we are all human. So, we need to forgive and respect. Let's always move forward rather than dwell on the past.