Origin and meaning of the name The original meaning of Servius was forgotten by the late Republic. Chase derives the name from the verb servo, to keep or preserve.
Pros of Direct Democracy. Direct democracy has two main pros. First, it makes the government responsive to the general wishes of the public. When people want to see change in their government, they can gain results quickly by voting. Furthermore, direct democracy tends to create more political participation.
democracy noun. B2 [U] the âbelief in âfreedom and âequality between âpeople, or a âsystem of âgovernment âbased on this âbelief, in which âpower is either âheld by âelected ârepresentatives or âdirectly by the âpeople themselves: The âgovernment has âpromised to âuphold the âprinciples of democracy.