Tolerable. Could be useful if you want your kids to be participants in traditional "democracy," which doesn't tend to be very democratic. The book does at least point at the obstacles, but it makes them seem entirely surmountable despite the fact we know they wouldn't be and would have to be done a dozen times over until you've done them "correctly." (We also know that they'd likely go backwards, as things would be time-delayed and elections would constantly keep them on the "democratic" teeter-totter.)

The two major tropes it hits include One Person Can Do It All (or One Person Can Lead Everyone To Do Everything) and The Youth Shall Fix the Planet, and I loathe them both.