You could use that same argument to say a representative democracy would never work. As obvious as some of the problems are with DD so is it obvious the system

You could use that same argument to say a representative democracy would never work. As obvious as some of the problems are with DD so is it obvious the system would need some guard rails. Just as modern republics looked at the failings of historical ones and added features to protect themselves. I have no idea whether it could work or not but it seems to me there's little empirical evidence to validate the commonly held strong opinion that it would necessarily be a disaster.