I think it was either this study [1] or another more recently that discussed how the only times our democracy&#x2F;republic  represents average people&#x27;s interests is when those interests align with those of more powerful groups. Virtually every time they did not align, the government did not support the average person&#x27;s interests.<p>Thus, furthering lazaroclapp&#x27;s point that sometimes there are special interests (the church, companies, nobles&#x2F;rich people) that are aligned with average people. That is beneficial for society, but it in no way is a solution to the problem. We need to actually restructure our government so it is not an oligopoly.<p>[1] 
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