Perhaps another thread on democracy is required. We are allowed to vote for the candidates but in reality who selects them and parades them before us?
Is it deep state, puppet masters, or our own stupidity?
To reclaim democracy we need to reclaim candidate selection.
Do we want or need professional politicians? Is their function to serve
those that elected them, the party whips, or the hordes of vampires (lobbyists) employed by the military industrial complex?
For politicians we need men of honour - instead we get snake oil salesmen and grubby little men that can be bought.