Where there is money and people with power corruption is <i>very</i> likely.<p>What fascinates me, about America specifically, is how ingrained the representative democracy concept is. Direct democracy is this wild and crazy thing that absolutely and directly = Hitler.<p>There could be an interesting argument why Swiss style direct democracy would not work for a huge country like the US. But what about local government? What about little towns?<p>It's fascinating that Americans from a very young age learn that the head of local government is the mayor. What would happen if a little town in nowhere decided to mimic Switzerland in governance and eliminates the middle men? Doom?