The purpose of democratic representative government is to provide legitimacy for

The purpose of democratic representative government is to provide legitimacy for the form of corruption preferred by the majority.

The irony is that there isnt, and never has been, any need for majority rule. Think about how absurd it is. The choice of going to war is possibly the exception. But that majority rule should or need determine either law or the use of tax money is logically ridiculous.

There is no more reason to force us to all agree on where to place street lamps this year than there is for us to agree on which brand tuna fish to eat.

Its ridiculous.

The greeks put in place extended enfranchisement so that their ruler could stack the government. The british so that the middle class could take control of government. The americans so that the lower class and women could at least try to control government.

But democratic representative government using majority rule is just a means of legitimizing one form of corruption or another.

The absurdity is that with modern communication technology there isn’t any reason for representative government at all.

So we have pervasive corruption without any reason.

No reason whatsoever.