Presuming no stealth edits, what the parent claims is > There's no democratic element to demand a higher level of service, say with how the US had its environm

Presuming no stealth edits, what the parent claims is > There's no democratic element to demand a higher level of service, say with how the US had its environment movement which led to many laws protecting the land, air, and water and ultimately culminated into several state agencies, federal guidelines, the EPA, etc. So you've very effectively slaughtered that strawman detailed in your claim about the original claim.