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People, at least Americans, today aren't capable of it for multiple reasons, most of them systemic and intentional.
Decades of cuts to education and the social fabric have rendered most of the populace too ignorant about everything for giving them a say being a good idea.
Like term limits. How many people would vote for term limits without doing any research to find out they basically always make things worse because they keep out the people that want to spend their lives in faithful public service while there are no shortage of stooges corporations can push through.
So, you have the third of the country that voted for fascism. Pretty bad...
But then you have the other third that's convinced voting for Democrats that spent 50 years empowering fascism will save them.
Then you have the third that's completely disengaged because they don't care.
Direct democracy can't work as long as people believe capitalism serves anything other than the ruling class.
Yeah, the main issue about direct democracy is that real nationwide policies require specialized knowledge and education. It's not possible for one person to know everything let alone a large nation.
Exceeding true which ends up meaning either technocratic democracy or representative Republic.
The techno route basically requires the best possible reddit where subject matter experts can weigh in and formulate options that are explained and then people can read the synopsis and vote. Idealistic but within the realm of doable.
Representative Republic would require wages comfortable enough to not compel corruption. I'd say no public trading but the stock market and all it entails are one of the largest sources of corruption. Market makers and every kind of derivative would have to go. The only thing that should be allowed is buying stock your support or selling stock you no longer want to own. Everything else is a haven for crime and theft against the working class.
But most of the problem with most solutions is that the bad guys have all the money and the masses are stupid and easily misled..