Look at the founder's discussion about the tyranny of the majority. Something which pure democracy is prone to, if carried to the extreme. It's the reason why

Look at the founder's discussion about the tyranny of the majority. Something which pure democracy is prone to, if carried to the extreme. It's the reason why we have elected representives and not everything is determined by plebiscite. If you put everything up for a vote, it's easily becomes a situation where most people are happy on individual issues, but no one is happy on average of all the issues.