[bborud]

You are skipping a few layers here. Like those who know stuff like «crumbling asbestos air ducts in schools may be a bad idea».

Why do so many grown-ups fail civics 101 so blatantly?

[bee_rider]

They are doing the gag where they just describe representative democracy like it is a novel idea.

Practically we also need expert organizations and agencies to help advise the representative and implement their ideas, but I wouldn’t describe glossing over that sort of detail as “failing civics 101.”

[estearum]

I can't understand what you're trying to say.