I think the reason that a "privileged few" make the laws is dead simple: it's their job to do that, that's what they are there to do, and the rest of the public is too damn busy doing the usual stuff they do to be bothered anyway! ;-) Thus the laws are made by a privileged few, and the rest of the governmental stuff is handled that way too. It's inevitable that it would happen that way, because most of the population has neither the time nor the training and experience to be making laws and running the apparatus of government.

But then they complain about the "privileged few" who do it on their behalf! ;-D Well, it's not easy keeping people happy, is it?