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I think its to promote competition.. lmk in the comments
Direct democracy<span> is a system where the people vote on policy initiatives directly. and </span>Indirect democracy is<span> people elect representatives who will vote on policies and make decisions about the government.</span>
They were all afraid of irritating people (who vote). Since people (who vote) decided their unavoidable future, they didn't want to take any strong stances on anything and just went with the flow and played the tune that the people wanted to hear. They needed to stay in power and not lose it for taking a serious stance..........