People are more ignorant than you can possibly imagine.
Fortunately, democracy doesn’t really require a well-informed public. Typically, someone thinks “I don’t like how things are going for me/for my neighbourhood” so he votes for the guy who isn’t in power. The result is that if enough people are unhappy, they get a new leader. That’s not such a bad arrangement: people aren’t necessarily informed about the system, the system is informed about the people.
False. Democracy DOES require an informed public — to function properly.
Why? Also, what would you consider to be an example of a well-functioning democracy? And how about a well-informed citizenry? Are there any?
No, there aren’t.