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Some ancient democracies did similar things. You should read about what the people who lived in them had to say.


Switzerland does this today. They have a blended system of direct and representational democracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland


The "citizens", the people who could vote, did pretty well. Not surprisingly, laws were not so good for slaves and other non-citizens, laws were not good for the people who could not vote.

Look how favourable our current laws are to politicians!!




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