This is the logical end-game when you don't have a direct democracy. There's 0 reason for politicians to "do as they promised during the campaign" other than t

This is the logical end-game when you don't have a direct democracy. There's 0 reason for politicians to "do as they promised during the campaign" other than their own ethical beliefs and some laws that they can change or otherwise neutralized. And even if they do as they promise, they can still do so while enriching themselves through other unethical behavior. PS: the biggest source of stock market income for politicians isn't trading on insider knowledge. It's guys like Kenneth Griffin (the future Madoff 2.0) donating a 100 million USD a year to GOP for example. Ken is essentially paying off politicians with money he stole from households on the stock market.