>not that I want to engage in pedantic discussions of definitions Sir, this is a Hacker News thread. Pedantic discussions, heck yes! I see your point. We seem

>not that I want to engage in pedantic discussions of definitions Sir, this is a Hacker News thread. Pedantic discussions, heck yes! I see your point. We seem to be talking about representative vs direct democracies. I would argue both are systems of government. I can see why most implementations are representative. A truly direct democracy would not scale well, would it? But the Swiss example is interesting. I need to read up on that more. Some factors for the Swiss model may be a much smaller and more educated population? On the face of it direct sounds ideal. I would love to hear a Swiss HNer's gripes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy