Which is optimal, because in a direct democracy, you get unelected de-facto leaders with zero transparency or accountability - it's simply impossible for a country of any nontrivial size to vote on every relevant issue (or draft bills through a purely democratic process), and so you'll get social media influencers and celebrities and political groups instead that sway the thoughts of millions of people, but without all of the constraints that elected leaders have.
If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and make your substantive points thoughtfully—and avoid flamebait and name-calling—we'd appreciate it.