Answer: The advantages and disadvantages of a direct democracy show that having an invested voice in self-government can be beneficial. It can also be destructive when a majority of the population provides uninformed input into the decision-making process.
<h3>Disadvantage
:</h3><h3>Many topics are too complex for the people to understand. Eg 2011 AV referendum.</h3><h3>Advantage
:</h3><h3>Disperses power widely among the population rather than having power concentrated within a few hands</h3><h3>Disadvantage:
</h3><h3>Often creates an emotional rather than a rational response from the people and the media. For example a vote on capital punishment</h3><h3>Advantage:
</h3><h3>People become more involved with politics which therefore enhances democracy</h3>
The Maya organized themselves into small city-states instead of one big empire. The largest was Tikal, which by 750 CE had about 40,000 inhabitants, in specialized occupations and ruled by elites.
