So I ran into a very interesting concept recently.
Liquid Democracy, also called Delegative Democracy and Representative Direct Democracy, seems like something we should have thought of a long time ago.
Essentially, it works as such:
-Everyone gets a vote, as in direct democracy.
-However, you can also delegate your vote out on certain subjects to other people, who would take the place of traditional politicians by weighing the issues and voting as a profession. Your delegation can be total, partial, or on specific subjects. The delegate votes with their vote and all the votes that have been given to them on the subject.
-You can remove your delegation at any time, for any reason. If you really want to, you can never delegate and vote on everything directly.
I think this is an excellent idea. It means that the power of politicians is directly correlative to how good of a job they are doing, and they can never just take your support and then screw you over as in representative democracy, because then everyone who is unsatisfied will undelegate. It simultaneously solves the problem of uninformed voting, as if you do not feel qualified enough to vote on an issue you can give it to a professional of your choice, and only for that specific issue.
Apparently, this system is currently used internally by the German Pirate Party, and it has worked quite well for them.