Representative Democracy vs Direct Democracy

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My own government
For me I think in the new world, the first incident I need to do is to create a new government. If I am the citizen I think representative democracy is much better than direct democracy. But there are still some questions about that. What is the different between them? Why I will choose representative democracy?
First, I will talk about we the government is necessary. The government is the symbol of the national public administration power. Government issued by the executive order, administrative decision-making, administrative regulations, administrative justice, administrative adjudication, administrative punishment, administrative supervision, and so on, should in line with the principle and spirit of the Constitution and …show more content…

Direct democracy refers to the identity of the rulers and the rulers of the coincidence, citizens as the country's master directly manage their own affairs, and not through intermediaries and representatives. Have the elements of direct democracy, directly involved in the direct election and referendum, but not a direct democracy. In the strict sense, the direct democracy refers only to the direct democracy of the state system. Direct democracy has two levels of meaning: one refers to the specific issues in the way of direct democracy to make a decision, but the whole country is still the dominant system of indirect democracy. The direct democracy on the specific issue is merely a supplement to it. The other refers to the direct democracy of the whole country in the system, such as the ancient Greek democracy. The institutional arrangement of the direct democracy of this system is that the citizens' assembly is the highest legislative …show more content…

Direct democracy is easy to become the majority tyranny. Benjamin Constant in the comment on Rousseau's theory of popular sovereignty thought: "" social contract theory "of subtle philosophy today only for all tyranny -- personal, several or all - weapons or excuse, make it or in a legal way, or to legitimate group woven or mass violence to implement the oppression." On behalf of the public will is more terrible, because their hand holds power, and they can be by expanding the social authority to legitimize the power: the most unfair laws, the oppression of the system are because it is the representative of the public will become must be carried out. “But this is direct democracy itself is unable to eliminate the fatal flaw, the French Revolution and the October Revolution in Russia's history have proved the problem. Direct democracy is forms of democracy are not subject to legal restrictions. Direct democracy emphasizes the will of the majority of people, most people's will can rise to the law, but they are often in the name of the majority of people in the name of the majority of people refused to restrict the law. Direct democracy in the majority of people over the name of the law, it is not consciously on the dictatorship and