Granted! But still supports the point. The idea of “power to the people” was supposed to be a panacea. For whatever reasons, the cold facts of history show otherwise.
The facts are quite evident, in that the founding concept has been hijacked, and the reason for that is also quite obvious.
Power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely.
When you add in the capability of controlling elections via technology where there is no real paper audit trail, creates a fertile environment for corruption to flourish & grow.