I'm taking it that by direct democracy you mean a democracy where the people vote on every bit of legislation before it becomes law. read more
Any form of democracy is a worthy ideal. Direct democracy — one way of envisioning pure democracy — is certainly worthy, though it is built on some utopian assumptions. Direct democracy as it is currently envisioned places a high demand on participants in terms of time, attention, civility and cognition. read more
For some democratic theorists, direct democracy is ideal since, if democracy is understood to be a mode by which a popular will expresses and controls the government it lives in, then a more direct democracy should better express the people by giving them direct control. read more