Search for "Deep state", on the 'net.
It is no conspiracy, nor is it invincible, but it is a powerful conglomerate to shift political power into a certain direction. It does not always work, it does not even pull the same strings or is co-ordinated, but it explains [ahems] like Cheney, and how they come into possession of power.
It seems that most people duck and cover when such [ahems] arrive on the scene. And more intelligent and educated people prefer not to intervene, because this aggressive and brutal [ahem] knows no scruples. They are literally walking over the dead.
Do i deserve my chancellor? I would not want to be judged by that, however what is the alternative.
I did not vote for her, but more than 50 percent of the voting (!) majority obviously did (60-70 percent do not go to elections anymore, in Germany). It is strange that in a democracy, a professor of sociological degree has the same power, as ye olde grandma up in the mountains.
However it certainly is not so, because manipulation and influence completely overthrows the basically good intentions. I do not think the english of House of Lords and House of Commons, or the US system of electoral delegates recruiting from certain social classes, are real democracies. Neither the german ystem, of course.
Democracy was much more basic democratic back then than today (as we understand it nowadays), however it was easy to have a "democracy" while having slaves, doing the work for you – as in ancient Greece.
Some say this has never changed.
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