There was always ignorance, just in recent decades and centuries we decided to give these people the reins. When you look at early democratic models it was neve

There was always ignorance, just in recent decades and centuries we decided to give these people the reins. When you look at early democratic models it was never a case of literally anyone with a pulse given the right to vote. They all had their own heuristics that attempted to select for the better educated of the populace to be in control of the reins of power.