There are some things that are too important to be
left to the people who profit from them.

Prime example in the UK.

Thatcher close the coal mines to punish the miners. Only possible
because we had just got North Sea gas on stream. Now, some 20
years later it is getting exhausted and we have to import gas at vast
cost.

Wouldn't it be nice to find a politician who can see beyond the next
election? And actually have the good of the majority in mind?

Unfortunately, both Liberals and Conservatives pass laws based on what they
believe is morally or philosophically correct, without /any/ regard for the
consequences.

There might be unintended consequences, but hardly any of them are
unpredictable.