I really prefer thinking in spectra instead of binary. I also do not really believe in a sustainable system change through rapid revolution. I know how it is to be young and to want to change everything today instead of tomorrow. But currently I rather prefer slow change that lasts for long.
So I was thinking about the spectrum of total voluntarism on one side and centralized authoritarianism on the other side of the spectrum. Voluntarism as the pole, where every individual acts only on the bases of free contracts. Where every individual freely decides to participate in what ever society, club, work and other social cooperation. No tax, no central authority. All power, wisdom, every decision and all responsibility is within the individual.
On the authoritarian side of the spectrum, one single person or entity (could be AI) makes all decisions and holds all responsibility. But is on the other side also the only person that executes orders. So all people outside this controlling entity/personality are only pawns within the worldwide game the authority plays.
I have the hypothesis, that all social systems active on our earth are somewhere in between these poles. And every single one of us makes decisions that favor one of these poles to grow. People that are happy to take responsibility in their own hands mostly favor the idea of voluntarism, while people which give away responsibility give more opportunity for authoritarianism.
But also people that deny the responsibility of others and decide over them put themselves in the place of an authority. When this happens without consent it is a clear step away from voluntarism too.
My point is that there is never a tipping point, which leads to sustainably favor one or the other pole. We will always live in this spectrum. And when we want to allow to as many people as possible, to live their lives in freedom, it is great to work towards voluntarism.
I think democratic policy making is not perfect. Maybe it is not even good. But it also is very easy to proof, that it is closer to voluntarism, than any non-democratic form of governing.