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?
All we can do is try our best to follow the middle path between the two. A dictator is bad but a benevolent dictator might guide us with a firm hand that benefits most while negatively affecting the least. Of course, based on human nature, all power eventually corrupts so who knows? I’m surprised we made it this far.