In the USA at least complaining to our useless government has virtually no effect whatsoever for the typical citizen[1]: Multivariate analysis indicates th

In the USA at least complaining to our useless government has virtually no effect whatsoever for the typical citizen[1]: Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence. Which makes me wonder what exactly the talking heads on the tv mean when they talk about "our Democracy," given that we the People of the USA observably have no real democratic input. So who is being referred to with the first person plural pronoun? It's certainly not the vast majority of the citizenry. I would be surprised if a different result obtains in Australia. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 (2014)