pcr makes a good point here;

Democracy is a fraud, a cover for rule by private interests

Paul Craig Roberts

Political campaign contributions, not voters, elect the president and members of the Senate and House.  Consequently, elected representatives represent the private interests that fund their campaigns.

Democracy serves as a cloak, a guise, that hides the fact that the government belongs to the private lobbies that purchased it.

In every election the emphasis is on getting the vote out, and that is done by money.  There is no democracy as long as money determines election outcomes and thereby “public” policy.  Obviously, there is no public policy serving the public’s interest.  

Why do Americans believe in the hoax of democratic rule?

Why did the Supreme Court rule that it is a First Amendment right for organized lobbies to purchase the government?..........more.........