but it's a subject of great interest, since you know I live in one

technically

direct democracy = LA and NYC ruling over you

well on a federal level I suppose

if,

and this is a big if

if a direct democracy was created in America it would have to be on a local basis

idealy you wouldn't do it top down

that doesnt make sense

but again that creates problems

you can't top-down direct democracy

there is no top lol

I was thinking of a far more decentralized form then i assume you're thinking of

but again I dont even think it would fully work

just a good subject to think about imo

Tyranny of the Masses

?

tyranny of the majority

direct democracy allows the 51% to vote to piss in the 49%'s soup

and the gold will flow

well, that and if the voting was done via an automated process that everyone could audit, you'd be able to trust a slim majority. otherwise, it's within the margin of error

51/49 is inconclusive

a +/-3% margin of error is all one can realistically hope to acheive

who tf is becky and derek? lmao

Direct democracy can be bad as well though 🤔

In the case of BRexit I would agree with it

However in the case of some Goebbels type coming along and managing to propagandarise people it could be a net negative

agreed, in fact no one should be allowed to vote that cannot clearly describe the position of BOTH canadates

or the trade-offs involved in any one issue

Precisely my problem with people in todays democracies tbh

"I want leave" "do you know the position of remain" Well they want to remain" "yea ok, but why" "..." switch it to the opposite and its the same tbh

yeah, what does leaving entail? if BOTH sides were clear on this the vote would be more balanced

I genuinely don't care what peoples positions are IRL provided they can defend them, like if someone can make a good flat earth argument i'd be like "ok fair one" where as someone who says "the world is round coz we all know that" is more likely to get ridicule from me

lmao dissenter removed the built in proxy settings without notification

well, 'caring' or even 'agreeing' with one's position is irrelevant. Only that you UNDERSTAND the position the other is taking

Leaving for me was always about a no deal leave tbh. then we can negotiate from that position any deals we want as an independent nation (do we want tariff or tariff free deals with the EU, etc)

Direct democracies would only work if everyone was educated, thought critically and was intelligent enough to apply those qualities

Anything less isn't a real BRexit and still ties us in, not to mention leaving the EU is just the first part, there are still 3 other European institutions (such as the ECHR) that we also have to leave

Social media shit storms and job lynch mobs show how well that works in application

Not very

speaking as an american though, i think it was more than alittle naive to think Brexit would be executed when it required more than a single election cycle to implement