Direct Democracy in Switzerland
To repeat: The South always had enough votes to keep slavery legal. Direct democracy is literally mob rule. The reason the Constitution had the 3&#x2F;5 phrasing for slaves is not that the ciswhite males thought blacks were less than people, they didn&#x27;t want the South to get even more votes through their slaves than they already had. They knew the only way to get rid of the peculiar institution was to vote it out (or go to war, but they didn&#x27;t want that).<p>This is this the reason that the Founders didn&#x27;t pick it. It is mob rule. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;george-friedman&#x2F;the-founding-fathers-never-meant-to-create_b_13051196.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;george-friedman&#x2F;the-founding-...</a><p>The general concept of the Republic is that it balances the terrors that all other governments impose. Through the representatives, the people trained in statecraft, the passions of the masses should be calmed. It&#x27;s the hardest to corrupt. It&#x27;s the most likely to survive deaths. If you had a perfect king, giving him absolute power is a no-brainer. The trouble is a) that&#x27;s near impossible, and b) when he dies how do prevent a non-perfect king from ruling absolutely?<p>We see this with budget deficits in California. Direct democracy allows ballot initiatives without the need to secure funding. The masses vote for wonderful, expensive things, but they don&#x27;t say how to pay. The leaves the general budget scrambling for scraps to cover the cost.