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by blahman2 3247 days ago
"...And that is a good thing. If they can be influenced in a bad way quickly, then they can be influenced in a good way..."

Are you just interested in making arguments for arguments' sake? Besides that, all of your comments are good examples about why direct democracy is not a always a good idea - because most people don't have enough time/desire to think issues through, and yet they are willing to be adamant about their opinions on them.

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So, let's trust a few who are even more distracted because of demands on their time and brain power.

Arguing for 500 congressman with all the power is arguing for all the "Research Institutes" which write the laws for them.

How many years would it have taken if we had forced those 500 to write just 2300 page ACA/Obamacare?

> why direct democracy is not a always a good idea

Always? When did I say always? I specifically said it had least things working against it compared to other methods. You could have second coming of Christ and these lands will be blessed again in his kingdom, but we are discussing state of affairs till that happens, aren't we?