Democracy does give the government an image of legitimacy, but it's nearly as controlled by the special interests of the powerful, at the expense of the ordinar

Democracy does give the government an image of legitimacy, but it's nearly as controlled by the special interests of the powerful, at the expense of the ordinary weak, as other forms of government. I don't know of any form of government provably superior to democracy, but much of the empowerment of democracy is illusory.