system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:If most citizens of a nation don't really understand economics, geopolitics, or even most of history, why does Democracy give the masses the ability to decide the future of the nation when most them don't really know how things work?
gpt
Most "democracies", especially the US, are actually Republics, which elect representatives that then decide on policy for economics or politics. 

In a true democracy, every single individual would vote on every issue, which as you get even a modest sized society becomes unfeasible. Just look at how poor voter turnout is for Presidential elections, then imagine needing to get more people than that for each policy change.