I don't think these things are in practice separable. E.g., America's founding ended up being an agreement between well-off white men to limit power to well-of

I don't think these things are in practice separable. E.g., America's founding ended up being an agreement between well-off white men to limit power to well-off white men [1]. We can't blame "the media" for that. Neither can we blame "the media" for things like America's war over whether black people were livestock [2], or how the only successful coup in American history was about white men keeping that power [3]. We've done better over the years, of course, and we should be proud of that. But an important way to keep leaders in check is to have leaders with many backgrounds and experiences. Because their power doesn't just get used once every election, but every time a word is added to our laws. [1] https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/the-founders-and-the-vote/ https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-v... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_189...