> Like I said: direct democracy is a tried and tested method. It has failed for the same reason always. Always? You should be sure to inform the Swiss, who've

> Like I said: direct democracy is a tried and tested method. It has failed for the same reason always. Always? You should be sure to inform the Swiss, who've been operating under the mistaken assumption that direct democracy in their cantons was functioning just fine. Then, climb in your time machine and alert the New Englanders that their town halls were actually ruinous disasters. Then go further back and mock the ancient Athenians for starting this whole democracy debacle by running a stable government for 200 years.