Exactly. People who want to disempower democratic government are just disempowering themselves. But, they seem to think the power held by the government would s

Exactly. People who want to disempower democratic government are just disempowering themselves. But, they seem to think the power held by the government would simply evaporate. They don't realize it's really a question of who will rule over them, and whether there's any chance it will be themselves. Sure, our democracy has been crippled, but the solution is to fix it, not dismantle it. And ironically the people who are crippling it (Citizens United, lobbying, regulatory capture, etc) are the same who would rule over us if it were completely abolished. That is, essentially, their project.