Democracy, as we all know, has its roots in Greece. Seen as one of Greece's greatest contributions to civilization. Democracy has dramatically shaped the world we live in.
There are many subsets of democracy, Direct Democracy is the one I'm interested in.
Direct Democracy, also known as Pure Democracy, is indeed the purest form of Democracy out there. This type of democracy puts the decisions in the citizen's hands more than any other subset of Democracy.
Ancient Greece practiced it, but those days are long gone. The only modern day country where it is practiced, at a federal level, is in Switzerland.
Due to the size and population of Switzerland, Direct Democracy is relatively easy. I would be very interested in seeing how the application of Direct Democracy would be in The United States.
With a few tweaks, because America, I think Pure Democracy could be beneficial to the U.S.A.
Problems with Direct Democracy
With this type of Democracy, the political process would be slowed down quite a bit. One of the reasons we have representatives in the first place is to expedite the process.
With all this responsibility put on the voter, the country could see a serious drop in voter turnout. Some voters might feel nervous that they won't be making the right decisions, while others will be confident in their wrong decisions.
Everybody holds the same amount of power in their vote. The good part about this is there would be a true representation of out country's wants, but the necessary needs might fall to the wayside.
To put simply, there would be inadequate representation, because there would be certain demographics who wouldn't turn out, so crazy, impassioned voters would run the country.
Solutions
One solution could be a real time vote counter for the country. What I mean is that when a vote was cast, some type of signal would be sent alerting a central location of the outcome of that vote.
This way, the country could watch what happens, as it happens. I don't know exactly how it would work, but I'm just the idea man, and the looks of course.
When it comes to voter's rights, there really wouldn't be a whole lot to do. This whole idea only works if the people's voice is completely unhindered and free. What the country could do would try and educate every voter about the policies and the candidates. This way, every voter will have the option to make an informed opinion.
Do I think that America could realistically figure this out? No. There would be far too much indecision with a country of this size. America is a republic for a reason.
