[zapita]

> “Representative government" seems fine until one looks more closely at who is actually represented.

Why ruin an otherwise reasonable argument with an out-of-nowhere jab at representative democracy? If anything, without legitimate elected officials in charge, the problem would have been more acute.

[daddylongstroke]

Ahhh yes. The old "the-ones-who-caused-the-problems-will-fix-them-honest" routine. Never gets old, and it's been playing out for thousands of years!!! What a sale job.