In big sweeping terms, should we heed the will of the people on every issue? It is a long way from being physically possible but is it a good idea at all?
No.
People in the aggregate can be both lazy and greedy.
They will vote themselves "bread and circuses" if they can, and that is the end of the democracy as that kind of spending can never be sustained.
A quote attributed to Margaret Thatcher goes along the lines of
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money...
Just look to Greece, Spain, and the US for examples of this.
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