Is it the No True Democracy argument that any problems we see with the federal government are a result of flaws in the too-low percent pure democracy that it is?
I think the trick of democracy is to avoid the tyranny of the majority. We have some structures in place in the US intended to prevent the worst of them from occurring. I find it amusing (and if it happened more frequently, annoying and then scary) that these exact controls are seen by some as inconveniences or impediments.