Most people lack basic computer literacy
> truly direct democracy, that is 100% open and transparent
reddit, facebook, etc are all gamed by third parties
> less effort than it would take to dismantle the electoral college, which has resulted in the opposite of direct democracy
the founding fathers didn't want a direct democracy. Madison says “Hence it is that democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general have been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths … A republic, by which I mean a government in which a scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking."