Complete Democracy: Someone suggests something should happen, several people disagree, situation escalates to fighting. Barely anything gets done.
If the majority disagrees with the suggestion, it would not be put into practice. Not much fighting going on there.
That doesn't mean that everyone else's suggestion for something is received as badly by the rest of the clan.
Lets make this simple; How about we start with one ruling figure... This figure develops laws and regulations.
After this process, the leader steps down from his position and runs a democracy off of this nomocracy (group of laws depicting how the government should function)
Thanks for digging up the term. :p
The way I picture a democratic clan being established in a community like this is that it needs to start off from a group, there being as little emphasis on any certain individuals as possible from the beginning.
Concerning the topic, there should be rules determining the conduct and responsibilities of the owner.
What seems to be going over everyone's head here is that clans are made to get projects done. You aren't running a country, people don't need equal rights or anything like that. People just need to get along and be productive.
I'm not against leader-based clans, but simply saying that there are certain downsides to it which could be eliminated with democratic rule, such as how easily a leader-based clan dies. As to what comes to projects, a democratic clan would more likely develop a sense of tradition and promote teamwork in building and such as the members would have to be more active than in leader-based ones.