Feels like a flamebaity false-dichotomy. Is it really tyrannical to, say, elect officials to act on our behalf and consider long-term impacts and x-order effec

Feels like a flamebaity false-dichotomy. Is it really tyrannical to, say, elect officials to act on our behalf and consider long-term impacts and x-order effects? Because to me that just sounds a little more "republic" and a little less "direct democracy".