Politicians are not representative of the people

Even in a democracy the people and the state are not the same thing. The state is made up of people who consider themselves proprietors of the country. They think of themselves as natural leaders or organisers and in some sense 'above' everyone else. The people are everyone else... those who go about their daily lives in peace. At elections the people have the chance to choose who leads them so there is a difference between the people and the leaders. In a democracy the leaders are the state... not the people... the people do not lead they accept and reject the leaders. The people pick and choose who gets the right to (be the state and) lead the country. This does not mean that the people are represented by the state since the people are not leaders themselves and are not necessarily even inclined to be leaders. The people are not the state in a democracy... only if the people are represented by their chosen legislators would the people be synonymous with the state. Legislators (and leaders) are not representatives.