The problem of democracy has always been the short attention span of the electorate. People make emotional decisions; “throw the bums out” - which of course it is sometimes right to be frustrated and take a new direction - but sometimes cooler heads must be allowed to prevail. We democratically chose to have that non-democratic institution, no different than various other government institutions that we put in authority over our day-to-day activities (police, and a whole range of other government “services”, even the IRS!).