We should be able to trust our elected officials to do the right thing. And if we can’t, we need to fix our democratic systems so we can.
It’s not sustainable for a population to continually apply political pressure on each and every issue. Particularly to lobby against well funded opponents.
The result of a system where we can’t trust elected officals is going to be a failing system. Voters will understand they’re being screwed but won’t understand the issues. So they’re end up voting for someone offering simple solutions, like Trump.