Why Did Max Weber Assume That Direct Democracy Is Impossible

question 48

Multiple Choice

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

• A)because direct democracies would be at a military disadvantage to other more authoritarian societies
• B)because at the time when Weber wrote, no direct democracies had yet existed
• C)because the costs of direct democratic rule in large-scale societies would be especially prohibitive
• D)because large-scale societies have too much racial, social, economic, and cultural diversity to allow for easy consensus
• E)because millions of people cannot meet to make political decisions and running a complex society demands expertise

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