I think we all know that it's just not that simple. There are too many things to vote for which is half of the reason for delegating to officials in the first place. However there's no real way to know what people are going to do in office and it seems they are increasingly unpredictable and ineffective, led astray by apathy and greed rather than any duty to the people.

A large part of it is likely the vast isolation they see from the actual issues. More skin in the game would greatly change things if they actually had to face these problems themselves instead of just answering public feedback with empty platitudes.