Actually, this is a misunderstanding of Democracy. What you’ve pictured is more oligarchy or tyranny. In a Democracy, a public informed about, say, volcanos would make a decision about which representatives were best to form policy on avoiding them. Representatives would then discuss the pros and cons and put together a policy that would be a combination of approaches that would, in the end, protect citizens from volcanos.
Actually, this is a misunderstanding of Democracy. What you’ve pictured is more oligarchy or tyranny. In a Democracy, a public informed about, say, volcanos would make a decision about which representatives were best to form policy on avoiding them. Representatives would then discuss the pros and cons and put together a policy that would be a combination of approaches that would, in the end, protect citizens from volcanos.