It seems to me that the dangers of direct democracy have been exaggerated (and maybe the dangers of the representative democracy downplayed). I don't see how,

It seems to me that the dangers of direct democracy have been exaggerated (and maybe the dangers of the representative democracy downplayed). I don't see how, at the end of the day, representative democracy save us of the dangers of direct democracy. The people in power always will be worried about what the dirty masses would do.