I appreciate you pointing this out and wish I heard it more. I hear so much talk of "democracy" but not many people talking of "representative democracy," which

I appreciate you pointing this out and wish I heard it more. I hear so much talk of "democracy" but not many people talking of "representative democracy," which is how the US government is mostly structured (the occasional ballot issue). I wonder if the internet and other tools that have reduced the costs of communication have been nudging many of us more towards wanting direct democracy, not representative democracy, without even realizing the shift or how it conflicts with the underlying structure of our government. I'm curious, what are your thoughts related to how people see the government in terms of representative vs direct (or other forms of) democracy?