>> I think Brexit and the Trump victory has hammered home that democracy in its current form doesn't work. It has no mechanism to protect itself against stupidi

>> I think Brexit and the Trump victory has hammered home that democracy in its current form doesn't work. It has no mechanism to protect itself against stupidity and ignorance. This is one of the main reasons why the founders of the US constitution feared direct democracy, and only gave the populous the ability to directly elect House members that serve only two year-terms. We now have something closer to a direct democracy, with the electoral college as an artifact.