As a total outsider my first instinct was to agree. Then I thought about aspects in my country (Germany) and thought that while not so obvious and blatant we ha

As a total outsider my first instinct was to agree. Then I thought about aspects in my country (Germany) and thought that while not so obvious and blatant we have basically the same problems. And they grow year over year. Let's take the example that the public prosecutor's office is bound by the instructions of the Ministry of Justice. Let us now assume that someone files charges against two politicians on the (justified) suspicion of supporting tax evasion by banks, and let us assume that these politicians now hold very prominent positions in the country. How would the public prosecutor's office react? Exactly. The initial suspicion necessary for an investigation is denied. Despite demonstrable false statements made by the politicians in question before parliamentary investigative committees. There are also regular rulings by the Hamburg court (think Delaware) regarding copyright, addblockers and the like. Here, too, the individual can do nothing. Because the system is not made to allow such influence of individuals. The elected representatives have gone through years of party school. Polished smoothly. Streamlined. Who questions things or acts in the sense of the people will find no place on the list to be elected. Who wants to found an own party must do a lot and will fail in the vast majority of cases because you need 5% of the votes to be represented at all in parliament. Demonstrations, petitions and the like have not changed anything for a long time. Imho we live in a corporate democracy. Not a democracy that represents any "people". So the rational thing to do is to stop caring and to "only" protect one's own personal life and that of one's loved ones.