tl;dr the author of this "random meta-political noodling" (his words) has re-invented some of the old arguments for direct democracy that have been perpetuated

tl;dr the author of this "random meta-political noodling" (his words) has re-invented some of the old arguments for direct democracy that have been perpetuated from all fringe parties in all countries since democracy exists. Remember the German Green Party's "rotation principle". It was based on the same arguments, to prevent "professional politicians" and keep politics close to the basis. They gave it up soon once they realized that it's not working. It turned out that politicians need some political competence that is acquired through parliamentary work, and they need to have media presence to be re-elected. Everything in this blog posts could have been written in the 70s when these arguments and radical "basic democratic" desires had already been discussed ad nauseum by the less radical revolutionaries. Personally, I believe that when a representational democracy is turned into a basic democracy with amateur politicians, then it will succumb to populism and become a dictatorship in no time.