Why Did Max Weber Assume That Direct Democracy Is Impossible

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why did Max Weber assume that direct democracy is impossible as a means of regular government in large-scale societies?

• A) Direct democracies would be at a military disadvantage to other, more authoritarian societies.
• B) When Weber wrote, no direct democracies had yet existed.
• C) The costs of direct democratic rule in large-scale societies would be especially prohibitive.
• D) Millions of people cannot meet to make political decisions in large, complex societies.

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