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Why a party? You don't need a party for direct democracy, just 1 person = 1 vote. Either vote yourself, or authorize someone you trust to vote in your name, be it for a time, or on a certain topic, or whatever, if you're too busy to vote on every poll.
I'd love to see that happen, But it's because America won't switch to a direct democracy. Instead we have a Kleptocracy run by corporations and the 1% who have power over both parties in America. However if it were possible to create a third political party where every member of the party earns only one vote maybe it would give people power back over corporations. But it's a pipe dream, I know it'll never happen.
The problem I see with it being a third "political party", is that it would still have to get past the gerrymandering, the FPTP, and the general issue of financing.
In representative democracies, that "representative" part is so often set up with extra hoops in a way that counters any attempt at direct democracy. It's... a curious coincidence.