> For the system to be a democracy the representatives have to represent the desires of the people who have elected them. Not necessarily. It is very well poss

> For the system to be a democracy the representatives have to represent the desires of the people who have elected them. Not necessarily. It is very well possible for people to vote for representative they hold in high esteem even though they do not agree with them on several matters. It is very possible for representative to go against what is the current majority opinion, and even be reelected afterwards, because in the meanwhile theirs choices have bee proven right. That's why in representative democracies there are elections for a certain role only every several years, to decrease the relevance of immediate issues on the vote, and give more importance to other factors such as broader ideals and the trustworthiness of the candidate. You can very well prefer direct democracy, but it is not the only, or the one true, kind of democracy.