You will be powerless if you explicitly ELECT a few people to assume power over you on your behalf. Which is what electoral democracies are. Add in the real pow

You will be powerless if you explicitly ELECT a few people to assume power over you on your behalf. Which is what electoral democracies are. Add in the real power of wealth and influence mixed with corruption, it is laughable to think we're free societies. We're sold little trinkets of make-believe "freedoms" while nothing of real importance is ever left to the hands of commoners.