Im reflecting from the pov of a parents role re: the kids. If you give the kids what they want, its going to be soda and candy every day of their lives. Some deciaions are tough, e.g. delayed gratification, and holding ones ground, but do voters even care about stuff like that?
Can we even hope on common sense, when the population is concerned?
Government is the people. By that I mean people who are the government are a subset of people. They don’t have any additional insight into the world than a voter, although they might have more information.
Also voters are not a monolith, everyone wants something different. Sometimes very opposite things.
The best that can be done is trying to find a good way to achieve what the majority of voters want while not completely screwing over those who disagree.