politics

direct democracy is a small brain idea. no one wants to deal with all that shit. which means only the worst, most manipulative people will. 

anyone pushing it is an idiot or out to control you.

/bettik founder /outercorps stalwart | ex-binance, ex-celsiusX

Direct democracy in what context? On what things? At the scale of a whole society, probably not going to work. But no serious people propose that.

You can have issue specific direct democracy, like referendums or California style ballot measures. These can be done good or bad of course, but theyre defensible if done right.

You engage in direct democracy when you and your friends decide which bar to go to next. That sounds like a petty example, but so many things can be devolved to that level. Say you and your friends collectively own your workplace. Plenty of decisions with meaningful impacts on your lives could be worked out by just sitting round a table and talking it out.

The term is relatively new but in so many ways humans are creatures of direct democracy. The issue is that so many aspects of our lives are abstracted upwards and taken out of our hands. Often very defensibly, but that doesnt mean democracy cant be introduced into many more areas of life.