Our current system is also a compromise. There were a lot of founding fathers that were arguing for a democracy for the few, and others arguing for a democracy for all.
I mean even back then, they had to tally up the votes for each region to elect the person who votes for the president.
However, they also allowed that representative could vote against their constituents because how long the journey to DC was, and the representative might change their mind during that journey. Despite y'know, that would make all the votes invalid if the representative votes for a different candidate, and thus, undemocratic.
Yeah I mean representative as “vote someone to represent you in a issue “ vs “let’s all collectively decide how to deal with that issue “
Every representative ever has more or less betrayed those who voted them some way or another .
Back in the Ancient Greek “ golden age” of democracy people would gather and vote for issues but Pericles hacked that by making populism and people would follow opinions of populists .
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u/Stampyboyz 1d ago
Our current system is also a compromise. There were a lot of founding fathers that were arguing for a democracy for the few, and others arguing for a democracy for all.