It’s no secret that Western democracies around the world are struggling to appeal to the everyday person, with extremist parties, like Antifa in the US, the Brexit Party in the UK, as well as the rise of the National Rally in France, perfectly articulating what’s happening in our societies today.

When Western democracies, like the US, were founded or emerged hundreds of years ago, the assumption was that democratic politicians would carry good intentions; that they would run for office to service their electorate, not to make themselves into celebrities.

It’s true, the 2018 US mid-term elections were indicative of a more inclusive future in politics, with politicians who actually represent the cultural and ethnic backgrounds of their districts winning. Examples include Jahana Hayes, a former high school teacher elected as the first black woman in Connecticut to the House of Representatives. And then there were Sylvia Garcia and Veronica Escobar, becoming Texas’s first-ever Latina women in Congress.