Why do you believe management of the commons would fail under direct democracies? That seems like an arbitrary claim but maybe I don't understand the reasoning. I feel like any flaw that is claimed about direct democracy can be claimed about high-turnout representative democracy as well (and therefore broadly about democracy in general). After all, we elect representatives effectively on popularity contexts, echo chambers squeezing out marginal leads, and poor/manipulable information flows.
A related question: wouldn't a representative democracy always perform more poorly than a (benevolent) technocracy?
A related question: wouldn't a representative democracy always perform more poorly than a (benevolent) technocracy?