> Once told an editor in-writing three times not to add something and he did it right before publishing.

This should be illegal.

If people were able to propose laws and vote on them directly, it would be, be a landslide.

The number of people who benefit from this is tiny compares to the number who are harmed. But it's nearly impossible to pass things like this because people vote for parties and are therefore several levers removed from influencing actual laws.