This is American 'democracy' at work. Isn't it wonderful?
If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state.
In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense.
The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair.
The usurpers, clothed with the forms of legal authority, can too often crush the opposition in embryo. [...]
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist Paper number 28
as usual.
What bothers me most is the hypocrisy of demanding from citizens what they do not follow themselves.
But, of course, there is also the clear danger in one lawmaker casting a vote contrary to what the other lawmaker wanted.
By the time it's discovered, it may be too late and too complicated to rectify. That is - IF it's noticed at all.
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"Money" has no value - people do.