>purported interest in the public good, In theory. In reality, find me a branch of government not captured and bent to the will of one or more industries. Fi

>purported interest in the public good, In theory. In reality, find me a branch of government not captured and bent to the will of one or more industries. Find me senators not bought and paid for. find me regulatory bodies not captured and full of revolving door positions staffed with industry insiders. The state doesn't live in a bubble. It's not theory of "hey democracy works on paper". It's a real thing and much more complicated. The people are often bent to the will of the state rather than the state bending to the will of people. I can cite endless popular positions that fail to get any meaningful traction for a decade or more. What you get itls actors in capital with an agenda, media and silicon Valley propoganda, and flaccid politicians who walk a line between pretending to rep the people while reppibg their sponsors.