Our founders understood that democracy doesn’t work. Instead they opted for a constitutional republic, using the constitution to functionally block the worst aspects of democracy, and then the republic to whittle away the rest of the issues they had using representation rather than direct voting. The worst of the problems we face today are our own fault, by letting parties stand between ourselves and our representatives. The result is a situation where parties and the people behind the money that bribes them are represented rather than us by our vote. That wasn’t a problem when the parties also represented us, but, now that the corporations and the 1% that own them have had 50-60 years influencing legislation we find ourselves with a government that puts the wishes of profiteers above the people they were meant to serve. Today we have neither a democracy or a constitutional republic, just a bunch of money and power addicted thieves representing whatever it takes to use their power to keep the money flowing out of our hands and into theirs. Basically we have taxation without representation, and we all remember what will eventually come of that.