> rules made by appointed regulators rather than elected legislators is obviously anti-democratic The people making the appointments are elected. It is obvious

> rules made by appointed regulators rather than elected legislators is obviously anti-democratic The people making the appointments are elected. It is obviously democratic. The general population can't get together to vote on everything, so we elect representatives to do that job for us. Our representatives can't make rules on minutia, so they appoint regulators. Don't like the regulators? Go talk to your representative. The opposite is worse: I live in a town that still has old-style town meeting where any resident can show up. It's tyranny of whoever has time to show up and stay up late, because someone will always create an amendment at 11PM to overrule a town-wide vote.