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Representative democracy is a better form of government than direct democracy.
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Yes, because... The complexity of many political issues would make some of them difficult for the average voter to understand.
Political issues can be exceptionally complicated and take MPs a lot of time and consultation with experts to fully understand themselves, before they can be considered informed enough to vote. Educating the whole electorate on such issues would be exceptionally difficult for a number of reasons, and if an uninformed electorate were to vote on issues the results could be incredibly damaging.
That's merely insulting and arrogant. Politicians are not smarter than the average voter. Most of the time, they understand nothing about the issue.
Politicians are expert actors, speakers and liars, they're winners of popularity contests, not experts on any of the issues that they are supposed to make decisions on.
Hardly any politician ever reads the laws he's supposed to vote on, because he's too busy with fund-raising and other far more important issues (for them).
Never forget: POWER CORRUPTS (Lord Action). So even if you knew a politician once when he was young and enthusiastic and he seemed quite a nice chap, a short time in government will thoroughly corrupt him. Very few remain true. The only exception that comes to mind is Ron Paul, the senator from Texas, who has consistently voted for low taxes, individual freedom and the restriction of government power.
Trusting politicians and bureaucrats to work for the good of the country is like giving Tequila and car keys to teenagers and hope they'll bring back your car safely (P.J. O'Rourke).
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