Comment by s1artibartfast
2 days ago
Sounds like a failure to align interests. In general, politicians should want to be elected by the public, rewarded for acting in the public interest, and punished for not doing so.
A system that does none of those things and just hopes it will all work out is a recipe for disaster. Why bother even having elections in that case?
Good question. But data shows that elections maybe entirely unrelated to policy making.
http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/GilensPage2014.pdf
That study has been roundly criticised. In part for misunderstanding how a republic is supposed to work. It's not a majoritarian system by design–direct democracy doesn't work.
That is a lot of bold assertions without substance.
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