03-12-2024, 11:06 AM
Yes ... what we have is a representative democracy. We elect representatives who (we feel) will represent our interests. The representatives then make decisions based some combination of on their platforms/policies (what they campaigned on), what they believe are the best decisions (not what the campaigned on but what they think we need), and what they think we would like, even if it's not the best thing for us (because that might help them get re-elected).
It's an imperfect system, but it's one of the best that has been invented. And whether any one of us likes a particular government, that government generally does make decisions that the government thinks is best for their voters, and that their voters would like, as Dan said above. Direct democracy eliminates the representative level, but the decisions will still reflect the population at large, not each individual voter.
It's an imperfect system, but it's one of the best that has been invented. And whether any one of us likes a particular government, that government generally does make decisions that the government thinks is best for their voters, and that their voters would like, as Dan said above. Direct democracy eliminates the representative level, but the decisions will still reflect the population at large, not each individual voter.