I agree with you on both points. I have had several similar discussion with a political analyst friend of mine. I think that because of the way things run now

I agree with you on both points. I have had several similar discussion with a political analyst friend of mine. I think that because of the way things run now we are also predisposed to think that other people will take care of the minutiae. The only problem is that in a direct democracy there is no 'other people'... I think that a direct democracy is possible, but I think that the transition to it and the period afterward would be very rocky, possibly rocky enough to bring back the old system.