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RE: Should Politicians Vote Only for the Majority?
A representative democracy is representative because the people making the decisions should do the right ones, not what the majority wants (which is hopefully the same of course).
If you wan't to always make what the majority wants, you don't need representatives.
Also the majority often has a hard time respecting the minority, which is essential for democratic process. If you don't respect minorities you just have a dictatorship by popular vote.
In a way it's similar to why we have an electoral college. The common person wasn't and in many ways I think shouldn't be trusted with certain things.
That ancient, outdated abomination is a different topic altogether lol.
And even with the electoral college you ended up with Trump.
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When Obama was president, the sun never got dark, that's all I say!
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