It is not a problem to be abandoned by leaders (as the Left thinks).
By “abandoning” us the leaders
give us our freedom to act
(which is the responsibility of our lives).
Leaders in Democracy can only act top-down when there is an explicit request for Citizen intervention (for example with a tool like the referendum).
Otherwise it is a question of doing, as the Left does: making top-down decisions “for the good of the Citizens” (as for the lockdown for the Coronavirus).
Where Leaders DO NOT “abandon” Citizens it is a form of Dictatorship.
