They are elected, it's just an implicit election. They only have this power because people give it to them, using willingly a product that: - you can live

They are elected, it's just an implicit election. They only have this power because people give it to them, using willingly a product that: - you can live without; - has competition; - has drawbacks most users comlpains about. But still, people use those product. They chose to do so. You can advicate it's a poor chose, an uneducated one, one that most users did even without giving the slightest though about it. But that's democrary. You get what the people want, even when people choose something that will hurt us in the long run.