I&#x27;m not the one who downvoted you, but I assume it&#x27;s because you&#x27;re advocating direct democracy, because everything else is spot on.<p>The problem with direct democracy is that people end up voting on things that don&#x27;t affect them, which they don&#x27;t have enough time or incentive to fully consider, but that severely harm other people.<p>Representative democracy (in sufficiently small communities) works because a representative can then afford to take the time to hear members of the community out before making a decision. And when the communities are <i>small</i>, individuals actually have the capacity to make their grievances heard and can potentially personally sway enough other voters to change an election outcome.