I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me. Votes: 3
I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time? Votes: 3
Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy. Votes: 2
Representative democracy betrays the electorate when laws have no roots in the people but in oligarchies. Studies on the concept and modalities of direct democracy are therefore becoming more topical Votes: 2
The vision I see is not only a movement of direct democracy, of self- and co-determination and non-violence, but a movement in which politics means the power to love and the power to feel united on the spaceship Earth... Votes: 2
No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people. Votes: 1
A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government. Votes: 1
And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever. Votes: 1
When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that's a direct quote - it may help in the short run by getting more people onto Facebook by making it more popular with dissidents. Votes: 1
The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy. Votes: 0
Democracy is direct self-government over all the people, for all the people, by all the people. Votes: 0
Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. Votes: 0
I don't want to get too nuanced, but we have the electoral college in the United States and that means we don't have direct democracy. Votes: 0
America is not a democracy. I think if your kids understood that - and most people don't. We are a representative republic. We're not a direct democracy. Votes: 0
We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values. Votes: 0
Social Democracy preached against capitalism for half a century. After the November revolution the Reds had the opportunity to direct capitalism into the proper paths: but nothing happened! Votes: 0
The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling... How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do? Votes: 0
If the ongoing struggles waged by young people are to matter, demonstrations and protests must give way to more sustainable organizations that develop alternative communities, autonomous forms of worker control, collective forms of health care, models of direct democracy and emancipatory modes of education.
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Votes: 7 Winston Churchill
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses. Votes: 4 William Arthur Ward