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?
The role of the government is to be at the service of the people.
To serve the interests of the people, to protect the people’s rights, to watch the back of the people so they’re not taken advantage of. That’s why we have elections, to vote people in because it is their sworn duty of oath to be at the service of the people in office, domestically and internationally.