This chapter introduces the main topics of Debating Democracy. Brennan and Landemore agree that democracy should largely be judged by its results. However, they dispute whether the problems contemporary democracies face can be solved by increasing citizens’ involvement in politics or, instead, by limiting the scope of politics and experimenting with less democratic forms of governments. Brennan argues that voters in democracies are often ignorant, misinformed, or vote for their parties for tribalistic reasons rather than to advance their interests. He believes experts should make certain decisions and suggests experimenting with less democratic government. Landemore, on the other hand, believes the best decisions are made when everyone is involved. She promotes “open democracy” where all citizens have equal and far more substantive deliberative input than they do in contemporary democracies, in which citizens’ involvement is heavily constrained.