> Democracy makes government a platform for economic interests. This seems to suggest that monarchies and other forms of government aren't platforms for econom

> Democracy makes government a platform for economic interests. This seems to suggest that monarchies and other forms of government aren't platforms for economic interests. This isn't true. You have the exact same dynamics play out in monarchies of sufficient size, because economic interests depend on manipulating bureaucracies, not governmental leaders. What we have in America is a system where all the governmental leaders besides SCOTUS justices are bureaucratic officials.