the current choking of the courts (with most proceedings and exact reasonings out of view of the public) has zero effect on the bigotedness of the populace, so the populace does not change attitudes. Observe how slowly for example racism dissipates. I posit that this would dissipate much faster if a direct democracy was being chocked with back and forth punishing and nonpunishing identical counts, because then it would become full frontal what we are doing. Many of the most bigoted divisive fractions of society would simply feel how they can no longer adress more important matters as long as they have to spend time toggling their votes for settings back and forth on the basis of the in- or out-groupness of some defendant... So the bigots would become apathic to keeping up toggling those specific settings to enforce their bigotry, and get on with their lives.

Currently it is the status quo that is choking the news, which is not what I propose...

I don't read snark in your comment btw... I value your contribution

It's like alphabetization, typically after introduction of one person one vote, people become alphabetic, because by the point the populace has made it clear elitism on this facet (voting) is over, the status quo has every incentive to at least educate the populace in reading and writing...

Similarily, I expect moves toward direct democracy (by popular force) to change the behaviour of the elites and the status quo such that "the brutes who will now unavoidably rule us, should at least enjoy a higher level of education with regards to law and so on", and asking questions about law, finding answers, navigating the law, ... will become standard course curricula for the bulk of the populace in high school...