Even worse, putting elected officials on pedestals. AND, building them grand cathedrals to do their job in, like the Congressional building. That becomes the church for them, our royalty. Marble, statuary halls, free meals, luxurious accommodations, and they quickly lose their ability to relate, because they don't want to, why would they. Then they parley that into millions - it's a corrupt system, no more commoners. The solution is to move Congress, and use common buildings, and strip away the privledge, and enact term limits.n
And then they prosecute and jail citizens for even daring to walk into these buildings. People do not even know that one could, at one time, walk up to the White House and the President would let you in. Lincoln did this.