direct democracy is the only way

[ksst]

Direct democracy might be worth a try. I think some days it couldn't be much worse anyway. I think you'd have to put some safeguards in first for the protection of the poor and under-franchised. If I ran the country...

[lucy]

I think you'd have to put some safeguards in first for the protection of the poor and under-franchised.

And why wouldn't that be necessary in a representative democracy? Or do representatives in the US act and vote in the interest of the poor or under-franchised? I can't think of any such safeguards in place in Switzerland, but the unemployed and those relying on social security are still far better off than those in Germany with a representative democracy, for example.

[thir]

Direct democracy might be worth a try. I think some days it couldn't be much worse anyway. I think you'd have to put some safeguards in first for the protection of the poor and under-franchised. If I ran the country...

Persumably the poor would be able to vote for themselves, so they could better their situation.