That, of course, is democracy but it is not necessarily leading to good decisions by government. (businessnews.com.au)
Such an approach also considers the graziers, the indigenous station hands, the truckers, the shipping line operators, the feed producers, and everyone else involved in the live animal export industry who are in difficulty right now from the jolt of this entirely warranted but nonetheless unexpected decision by Government. (animalsaustralia.org)
In a large population, any corrupt decision by government (using the non-criminal meaning of corruption) has very low relative negative (obvious) impact on random populace member; and very high immediate positive impact on a special interest benefiting from that corrupt decision. (politics.stackexchange.com)