We’re reliving the last days of Ancient Greece. Direct democracy (strictly NOT representative democracy) led cities like Athens to make harsh decisions based on

We’re reliving the last days of Ancient Greece. Direct democracy (strictly NOT representative democracy) led cities like Athens to make harsh decisions based on just-in-time demagoguery. It led to their fall. Representative democracy is not a fruit of technological impediments, but a conscious decision by the founding fathers after learning of the plights of direct democracy (which they equated to anarchy). Companies like Apple firing people on employees just in time judgements is the failure of justice and the decay of modern society. Hot take, but you know…