You said representatives aren’t supposed to represent their constituents - who are they supposed to represent?
Reality is that they frequently tend only represent their constituents enough to remain in power while focusing on representing their donors, but they should be representing their constituents - that’s literally how the model is designed and defined.
How it’s always worked in the past?
I dunno, do you have a better idea?
You said representatives aren’t supposed to represent their constituents - who are they supposed to represent?
Reality is that they frequently tend only represent their constituents enough to remain in power while focusing on representing their donors, but they should be representing their constituents - that’s literally how the model is designed and defined.