The Dilemma of Leadership vs. Representation in Democracies

How far should the elected representatives of the people in democracy to go along with the popular choice and that is usually expressed as the “voice of the people”?

The question is whether the duly elected representatives of the people are a set of stamp holder entrusted to approve the results of the latest public opinion poll?

If elected, the deputies have no other obligation but to vote in accordance with any public wants at any given time, then would not it be cheaper and more reliable to have computers to deliver this service?

In such a scenario, the devil’s advocate, the public can regularly visit the polling stations placed in central locations in each city.

The vote can be automatically transferred to the end of each day to a central computer in the basement of the parliament.

Then the central computer can quickly calculate what the people want.

Thus, each time when the parliament vote, it would be 100% guarantee that the vote reflects what most people think at any time.

If democracy is considered the best possible on earth?

Price of being labeled an “elitist”, I raise the issue simply for the sake of argument:

What is the role of political leadership in a democracy, especially in the case of “public opinion” more often than not shaped by the media and marketing channels, rather than a sober and learned discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of alternative policies?

Perhaps this discussion, which goes all the way back to Aristotle and Plato’s visions of the nature of the relationship between the rulers and the masses. ” A simple solution does not seem to be seen.