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It's not a matter of technology, the concept is just inherently flawed. Even if every person could vote instantaneously and have their votes counted immediately, it still wouldn't work because direct democracy requires everybody to vote on every issue. There's just way too many things going on in the world for this to be feasible. Direct democracy is only works on small scales, and it's just not a good form of government beyond that. This is why you rarely see direct democracy in history, the evolution of history has favored representative democracy as the superior form of democratic governance because it's more practical, efficient, and flexible.
Democracy doesn't require every person vote on every issue.
Also there has never been a direct democracy in human history because it has never been technologically possible, no Greece was not a direct democracy.
You're kind of just grasping at straws here.
If it feels like a bad system to you then that's a you problem.
This is the dumbest thing I've read all day lmao.
Idk how historically illiterate you are, but direct democracy HAS been used plenty of times throughout history. Native American tribes like Muscogee, Swiss Cantons, and even early colonial New England towns all used direct democracy. There are plenty of examples of it being used, however, it's only ever been implemented successfully on small scales. Technology isn't a limiting factor and never was, it's only a limiting factor when it's implemented on really large scales due to the logistics, however, the issues of logistics go BEYOND just technological limitations. You would think that this is just common knowledge, but apparently not.
But if you're genuinely incapable of comprehending any of the points that I made then you're not qualified for this conversation.
Wow you are an annoying little pedant aren't you?
I'm talking about a government ran by direct democracy, not tribal villages.
You're clearly indoctrinated to want a master, so i don't think this is a productive comment chain with ypu unblocked.
You're literally brain dead lmao