The Importance of Direct Democracy in a Revolutionary Situation

The Democratic Republic would ensure the impossibility of a privileged bureaucracy rising above society based on technical skills and knowledge. The absence of direct democracy does not lead to arbitrary authority, but there is nothing inherently undemocratic or innovating about elections. We shouldn't merge the Democratic Republic with communism and in so doing, confuse what Marx and Engels meant by the Democratic Republic. Not a system of direct democracy, but a way to smash the state by disbanding the army and keeping elected's accountable.