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> It's the worst form of government, except all the others that have ever been tried.

I disagree. There are places where direct democracy works quite well and has for a very long time.

The US certainly isn't one of them.

Such as? The only example I can think of where this works is trade unions, who have a rather limited mandate.

There is only one direct democracy in the world, and it is Switzerland. What are other examples?