Most people don't read on average people who read will read 12 to 14 books per year
Representatives can only represent the people the way they want to be represented
Also social media puts people in their own silos means they don't get the information which they don't want to hear
It's all about incentives and its way democracy is the worst form of government but the problem is everything else is worse
In the UK representative government and property rights go all the way back to the 13th century
The English people have had freedom for a very long time just not with right to vote