Our democratic systems are broken. Actually they are not as much broken as they are highjacked and have been corrupted from the original meaning. Our societal lack of understanding of what is real democracy is at the root of the issue. Any political crisis we face is largely due to the fact that real democracy barely exists and that we are often governed by people who dont represent the will of the electorate
Leadership and political parties are not truly democratic unless they respond to the will of the voters. Historically we have ample experience with the negative consequences of governments acting unilaterally without the consent of the voters.
Political entities drag societies into war, cause economic deprivation and create laws and policies that we dont agree with and reserve the right to veto.
To solve this lack of civic interaction an online direct democracy platform would let voters make their positions known to each other as well as their representatives.