Yes and no. I unfortunately need to speak US-specific because this is where I live; but at least in the US people have almost no degree of freedom when it comes

Yes and no. I unfortunately need to speak US-specific because this is where I live; but at least in the US people have almost no degree of freedom when it comes to electoral democracy since there are 2 parties and oftentimes the ballots are as simple as "blue or red" and then what ends up being passed in congress/senate is not close to what people want. It's really irresponsible to push all the responsibility to the people when they have very little way of affecting how their government passes laws.