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There's no good reason not to have a global direct democracy
It's just old sacks of shit that don't want to give up power
Despite not everyone having internet, more people would still end up participating in the process than our current systems.
Direct democracy sounds good on the surface, but it's an impractical system when you actually into it. For example, direct democracy can overwhelm voters with complex issues they may not fully understand, leading to uninformed or emotionally driven decisions. Participation tends to be inconsistent, with only a small, active minority shaping outcomes. The process itself is often slow and expensive, requiring frequent referendums that delay urgent action. There's the risk of majority tyranny, where the will of the majority can override minority rights, and it’s vulnerable to manipulation by well funded interest groups. Complex policies are also often reduced to oversimplified yes/no choices, bypassing the expertise and deliberation that's required.
We don't have direct democracy because it's only practical in small scales. Once you get outside of your immediate communities like neighborhoods, schools, families, the system just doesn't work. There's a reason why the evolution of political system led us to where we are. History has shown that the best form of governments are liberal representative democracies with strong checks and balances. We should strive for that.
We've never really had direct democracy at scale becauseit was physically impossible.
But now we have the technology to implement it.
It's not a matter of technology, the concept is just inherently flawed. Even if every person could vote instantaneously and have their votes counted immediately, it still wouldn't work because direct democracy requires everybody to vote on every issue. There's just way too many things going on in the world for this to be feasible. Direct democracy is only works on small scales, and it's just not a good form of government beyond that. This is why you rarely see direct democracy in history, the evolution of history has favored representative democracy as the superior form of democratic governance because it's more practical, efficient, and flexible.
Democracy doesn't require every person vote on every issue.
Also there has never been a direct democracy in human history because it has never been technologically possible, no Greece was not a direct democracy.
You're kind of just grasping at straws here.
If it feels like a bad system to you then that's a you problem.
We have the technology to implement it. It's extremely questionable as to whether we have the society to practice it.
No it isn't.
Nepal just proved it.
These baseless arguments against the most fair possible system only benefit rouge representatives that seek to abuse their power.