The episode "Power To The People" in the satirical comedy Yes Prime Minister deals with exactly this. It also looks at the trade-offs, which explains why this w

The episode "Power To The People" in the satirical comedy Yes Prime Minister deals with exactly this. It also looks at the trade-offs, which explains why this will almost certainly not actually happen. Well worth a watch :-) https://archive.org/details/yes-prime-minister-power-to-the-people-1991-uk-vhs https://archive.org/details/yes-prime-minister-power-to-the-...