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People elect goverment and officials, both at local and federal level to make informed decisions that weight in numerous factors. If people had more direct con
by pcurve 3y ago
People elect goverment and officials, both at local and federal level to make informed decisions that weight in numerous factors. If people had more direct control over and line-item veto and vote, we may not make the best decision as a whole. At least for some contentious issues, you sometimes get to directly vote on state referendum.
- dymk 3y agoAnd you get politicians getting bribed, er, lobbied, to legislate against the will of the people and/or the actually informed decision to make. It's not like a representative democracy is a clear win over a direct vote, or we'd have universal healthcare by now.