https://www.thoughtco.com/representative-democracy-definition-pros-cons-4589561 https://www.thoughtco.com/representative-democracy-definitio... > The votes of

https://www.thoughtco.com/representative-democracy-definition-pros-cons-4589561 https://www.thoughtco.com/representative-democracy-definitio... > The votes of elected officials in a representative democracy may not always reflect the will of the people. The officials are not bound by law to vote the way the people who elected them want them to vote. hummm.... that sounds like more power in the hands of less people. IOW, your argument is based in fiction. Which is cool, we need stories about people flapping their hands to fly. It's fun! We just need to be clear earlier in the conversation on whether or not reality is part of the goal or not.