> I often hear people say that the past was more democratic. Was it really? If the usefulness of single point of voting democracy is inversely related to the c

> I often hear people say that the past was more democratic. Was it really? If the usefulness of single point of voting democracy is inversely related to the complexity of the problem space, then societies with fewer known concerns would - all else being equal - have been more democratic. Not saying that's what things were like, mind, but it's one of the things that might give that impression.