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Sure, but we have (ideally/optimistically) a representative democracy, and not a direct government-by-the-people. That means that we nominate people we trust, a

Sure, but we have (ideally/optimistically) a representative democracy, and not a direct government-by-the-people. That means that we nominate people we trust, and surrender some of our direct decision-making and opinion-influence authority to them when we vote for them. There are slightly more direct ballot measures and such at more local/municipal/state levels, but even those often take the form of "statement of purpose/priority"-type resolutions that the public expresses support for, and their elected representatives translate them into policy, or delegate that translation, et cetera.

coldtea 9y ago
>Sure, but we have (ideally/optimistically) a representative democracy, and not a direct government-by-the-people. You say it as if it's a good thing. Representative "democracy" is seldom representative, and is a watered down version of actual democracy.
- jayd16 9y ago
  >is a watered down version of actual democracy. And a true form of democracy is mob justice. Reddit is not a good way to govern.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >And a true form of democracy is mob justice. Only if a state's citizens are unwashed mobs. In which case representative democracy is not gonna fix things either.