So let me get this straight. You want the same people who voted for Palin and are saying yes to a Trump president in the polls to decide policy? The thing is that as awful as our current congress is, at least it's their job and responsibility to come up with policy and vote on it. In severe cases you can call them out on it and they can face certain consequences. If voting on policy was to be done by the masses you'd have the same uninformed people who can't tell a presidential candidate from an angry potato deciding how much fish is legal to pull out of a specific fishing region.
Someone recently pointed out that California is as close to a direct democracy as we get in the US and look at what it's doing there: "Raise taxes? Nope! Fund schools: Yup!" People end up making decisions that benefit them in the short term while ignoring the global consequences. That's human nature and direct democracy assumes that everyone is an informed rational thinker.
Someone recently pointed out that California is as close to a direct democracy as we get in the US and look at what it's doing there: "Raise taxes? Nope! Fund schools: Yup!" People end up making decisions that benefit them in the short term while ignoring the global consequences. That's human nature and direct democracy assumes that everyone is an informed rational thinker.