Today we travel to a future where America has converted to a direct democracy. Everybody votes on everything!
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In this episode we explore the U.S. states that have direct democracy systems in place today, how to apply that model to the whole country, how to even gather all those votes, and what could go so, so very wrong with this idea.
Illustration by Matt Lubchansky.
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