In the end,
initiatives are voted upon by an unrepresentative subset of the population, Sterns concludes.
Maxwell Sterns at the University of Maryland,
for example, writes that legislatures are better because initiatives are the tools of special interests and minorities.
One of the greatest unsung revolutions in naval operations during the Cold
War was the installation of flight decks on the Sterns of frigates, destroyers, and other ships that allowed them to operate helicopters.