You could argue that parliaments are a small elite population.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Representative_democracy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Representative_democracy</a><p>This is what we mean when we use the word &quot;democracy&quot; today, unless you live in ancient Greece or some small village.<p>So having experts on technology,security and privacy being overruled by an uneducated mob is madness, not democracy.