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Thoughts about Direct Democracy? (lemmy.ca)
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As the title goes - I think it's a good solution for some of the Western World's problems, like politicians not following their campaign promises. On the other hand, conflicting politics are a big possibility, which would create further problems. Any ideas?

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[–] BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I like the idea! I feel like there are a ton of policies that have been really popular for a long time (legal weed, single payer healthcare, abortion protections) that elected officials have failed to sufficiently act on. I'm also pissed about politicians getting elected and suddenly changing their politics (looking at you, Fetterman). Don't get me started on the electoral college or gerrymandering.

Folks in this thread seem to complain that the average voters is too disengaged / ignorant for this to work, but I don't see how representative democracy is any better with that. I cannot imagine any form of democracy that can do better than garbage in, garbage out.