It does and yet this seems to highly simplifying things. Consider the US scoped studies studies showing that the population doesn't get what it wants. They sh

It does and yet this seems to highly simplifying things. Consider the US scoped studies studies showing that the population doesn't get what it wants. They showed that policy follows the whims of the wealthy even in the cases where the population overwhelmingly agrees on a contrary direction. So the data says "no", control has been removed from us. Part of the complication is that the determined action of a few actors can efficiently spoil the efforts of communities.