An operator's discretion is limited by the rules. The founder is subordinate to administrators of both the IRC server that the founder is currently using as well as IRC Ops who administer the net on which the channel is operating. The third plaque is titled Objectives . Any constitutional structure establishes a certain dynamic of doing politics. The dynamic in the US allows for issue concealment, problem solving avoidance, corporate welfare, and spin control of the public's political perceptions.
Direct democracy is neither unusual to republics nor illegal in the American Republic.
The Roman Republic had citizen institutions that allowed citizens to vote directly, both in the elections of their leaders and in directly legislating laws. American courts have continually supported the right of the people to exercise all forms of direct democracy. Direct democracy devices are all a part of the people's sovereignty and are powers reserved by the sovereign people for themselves, not powers granted to them by any other source. Resetting the political dynamic with direct democracy is exactly what American majorities did in 19 state constitutions during the Reform Era, about 1898 to 1918. Unfortuanely, with state and national politicians taking little half steps toward the resolving of economic and social issues, most Americans thought their war against corruption, and its consequent abuses of the majority, was won.