So nothing would ever get done?
Who gets to decide how much of a percentage of the council needs to agree before a motion gets accepted?
Like, it is a romantic sentiment "every decides together", but how would that work practically? Someone will have more power than the others. And when that happens, you have a hierarchy.
So a just hierarchy is like a kingdom and an unjust hierarchy is a democracy?
Who voted for the "respected" elder? What if 49% of the population don't respect them?