> Of course that I'm extending that to any unelected government/political entity whose decisions happen to affect people's lives on a national level So that's

> Of course that I'm extending that to any unelected government/political entity whose decisions happen to affect people's lives on a national level So that's (almost?) every government? For example, in the Netherlands, we do elect the members of parliament, but they then choose the government (hence the government being unelected). And of course, that government then nominates a Commissioner, forming the European Commission together with other EU governments (hence it being similarly unelected). And then of course, our government also gets a say about EU laws, together with other governments. Just like the European Parliament, which does happen to be directly elected.