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Why would you want either? Why can't a people and its government work with each other.
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I think that is a valid point, however, I would like to examine it a bit more carefully. It seems to me, that, the ideal situation, as far as citizens and their governments are concerned, would be the elimination representational democracy. (I do acknowledge the problems of a country like the USA using direct representation) When we use representatives, it cannot guarantee that a people and their government will work with each other. A good representative will be very involved in his/her community and represent their views entirely, however, as you will probably agree, this is not always the case. In direct representation, the complications are everywhere, but each individual creates his or her government, so they are forced to work together.
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If the people are the government, wouldn't that mean we would be fearing ourselves?
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Yes, but you and I both know that is just a foolish implication of the logic. Also, in a representational democracy, that is not necessarily the case.