Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) didn’t rule out Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s picks for Defense secretary and head of the FBI, respectively, as nominees for their roles in …
Is it fair to say it is a problem with representative democracy?
We elect people to represent individuals with their own opinions. If those representatives jump ship to support other opinions, they aren’t representing those who voted for them anymore. But it strikes me as near impossible to police. If you elect representatives, they always have their own autonomy. And if we float the idea of restricting that autonomy, we may as well be exploring options to not use representatives.
Is it fair to say it is a problem with representative democracy?
We elect people to represent individuals with their own opinions. If those representatives jump ship to support other opinions, they aren’t representing those who voted for them anymore. But it strikes me as near impossible to police. If you elect representatives, they always have their own autonomy. And if we float the idea of restricting that autonomy, we may as well be exploring options to not use representatives.
That sounds good to me