Timo wrote:
But we have no system where representation would be bypassed the old Greek way and actual voting influence over issues granted to the general population. The last nation-sized true democracy probably died back when nations grew to be larger than ten thousand people in size...
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In the USA, we have the growing annoyance of ballot referenda. We great unwashed are faced with a huge list of complicated and vague initiatives to buy bonds to increase the library budget, etc. without knowing the background or details.
Sometimes, the referendum just forces a bill to go before the legislature; other times, it actually enacts law.
The original design to have an indirect democracy was wise...
Doug