Certianly not if you view the regime as those said to be in power. If you consider the special, entrenched interests the ones in power, then you get a different

Certianly not if you view the regime as those said to be in power. If you consider the special, entrenched interests the ones in power, then you get a different image. Of course, either image is too black and white, and misses the core idea of democracy: No one has power. Some have more than others, but its a free for all. One that you and I can hardly even participate in.