If you look at it from the political side that this is the basic idea of liberal democracy.

Everyone votes in their best interest and especially in proportional representation you get some compromise of the interests.

Right now at least in politics people act less in their own interest but more of what they emotionally feel like their interest.

I love how the discussion goes in my country - police lobby for unlocking encryption “just for them” and NÚKIB (national bureau for cybersecurity) openly advising how to correctly encrypt everything.

The glimpse: