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It doesn't matter because everyone only has to represent themselves so they don't really need to have integrity or ability to reason in some larger sense, they
by _Algernon_ 1y ago
It doesn't matter because everyone only has to represent themselves so they don't really need to have integrity or ability to reason in some larger sense, they just have to be selfish — which is a lot easier than reasoning your way to what maximizes societal good, or some average of the opinions of the 100'000+ people you are supposedly representing.
And the amount of power an individual has is negligible so a bad vote is diluted much more than it is in a representative democracy.
- bpt3 1y agoYou realize that a certain "institution" would have died out much slower (if at all) in the US if what you said was accurate? I think that's the only example needed to prove that direct democracy is not a desirable form of government, let alone the ideal.