Current day politicians in the West are lazy and inept. They have given all their power to the executive so they don't have to work hard to make good laws. In short they have chosen not to represent their constituents and allowed the executive to make the decisions for them. What this creates is a dictatorship whereby the government doesn't represent the people. The left really likes the idea of bypassing the representatives of the people and using a dictator and the activist judges.
We live in an oligarchy not a democracy!