But the very size, heterogeneity and nobility of urban populations, the vast capital required, the technical character of the engineering problems involved, soon tire the attention of the average voter.
Dewey discusses the challenges faced by voters in large urban populations regarding civic engagement.
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Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.
They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.
What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.
But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.