They are your masters. They force you to obey them, not the other way around. They aren't there to serve you. They control you and rob you. And you can feel proud in that voting booth when you give them your sanction to do it.
Social democracy can work if the proper measures are put in place.
Call them taxes, regulations, tariffs or subsidies, whatever, they will be necessary for a healthy society. If the majority wants the politicians to kick YOUR ass, YOUR ass will be kicked, and YOUR one vote matters jack squat. You politely ask the politician-gods to control themselves. They are your masters. They force you to obey them, not the other way around.