[dhconnelly]

While it’s true that difficult decisions need to be made, it seems that the point of democracy is that such decisions should have popular mandates. This reform doesn’t seem to have anything close to a popular mandate

[srge]

The representative democracy means that there’s no need for popular mandate because the people elected representative.

Next election, they’ll chose differently if they want.

[colpabar]

This is a dumb way of thinking about democracy. People shouldn't quietly let politicians do whatever they want until their term is up, they should let them know that they are unhappy. If the government doesn't provide a way to do this, then there is no other option but to protest.

Government should be afraid of citizens, not the other way around.

[anigbrowl]

This worked great during an earlier era. Insisting on 18th century political technology to solve 21st century problems in an era of instantaneous communication is a scam. Elections can be and are manipulated, and insisting that they are the sole legitimate form of political expression is a giant red flag.

[jacooper]

Kind of a problem, imagine if a politician was elected to do something, then does something totally different, basically lying. Who's going to stop him/her?