And then 4chan gets involved, and we find that our national symbol has been changed from the bald eagle to the honey badger, the national anthem has been changed to "I Did It For The Nookie", and Kim Kardashian is appointed as AmbASSador to the UN.
No thanks, direct democracy is a terrible idea in a society where most people are thoroughly uneducated and disengaged.
I cannot tell a lie - I would rather live in that world than this one.
That sort of democracy would probably be politics based on entertainment/glamour.
Politicians are the celebrities of now.
Can you smell what Senator Rock is cooking?
Schwarzenegger for POTUS.
Here is the caveat though, the politicians by default are obviously incompetent at administration, how else would it survive long enough to evolve into this mess?
So the politician is one position, but it also holds appointment power over a bunch of other positions within the government/jurisdiction directly over their electorate. That is where the actual government work gets done.
So if the politician is voted out, their appointed administrators can be replaced by the winner.
Sure, the glamour/entertainment is a huge part of getting elected/being a politician, but a failing administration would be blamed on them, because they are directly responsible for appointing people into those positions.
Taxes? Low, revenue is generated by political entertainment and merchandising. Some people would try to submit that Vocaloid, Hatsune Miku as a politician. It will probably work.