Delegates are strictly agents for their constituents. They have no mandate to act beyond their constitutents' specific instructions, so their personal charisma, moral fiber, etc. are irrelevant beyond the ability to receive, understand, and follow constituent instructions. The trustee or politico theories of representation both celebrate the representative as an agent of conscience, with the expected leisure-class aloofness and disconnection, and the self-flattery about tough choices and so on.
Councils, where delegates are instructed and given their mandates by their constituents, are generally small enough that their members can be forcibly removed by their constituents should the need arise. I know that's a provocative thing to say after 1/6, but in a system where there is no such thing as a right to rule, and delegates can be recalled at any time by their constitutency, one has little reason to overstay their mandate.
In a real democracy, "leaders" wouldn't exist. We would have delegates and public councils instead.
Sure. BUt still would not matter if the councils were full of professional warmakers.
Delegates are strictly agents for their constituents. They have no mandate to act beyond their constitutents' specific instructions, so their personal charisma, moral fiber, etc. are irrelevant beyond the ability to receive, understand, and follow constituent instructions. The trustee or politico theories of representation both celebrate the representative as an agent of conscience, with the expected leisure-class aloofness and disconnection, and the self-flattery about tough choices and so on.
Councils, where delegates are instructed and given their mandates by their constituents, are generally small enough that their members can be forcibly removed by their constituents should the need arise. I know that's a provocative thing to say after 1/6, but in a system where there is no such thing as a right to rule, and delegates can be recalled at any time by their constitutency, one has little reason to overstay their mandate.