Depends on how you look at it. If you believe democracy is a system of government for the people, your statement is wrong, as soon as those in power only think of themselves the system is no longer democratic but something else. Democracy can also mean by the people, in which case you’d also be wrong: as soon as a powerful class hijacks the system they turn it into something that is not democratic. The problem is we don’t use the word democracy very strictly, which is why what you’re saying makes a lot of sense. Because what we basically all have is a system of government that puts a handful of people in fairly powerful positions, and not a democracy.
Depends on how you look at it. If you believe democracy is a system of government for the people, your statement is wrong, as soon as those in power only think of themselves the system is no longer democratic but something else. Democracy can also mean by the people, in which case you’d also be wrong: as soon as a powerful class hijacks the system they turn it into something that is not democratic. The problem is we don’t use the word democracy very strictly, which is why what you’re saying makes a lot of sense. Because what we basically all have is a system of government that puts a handful of people in fairly powerful positions, and not a democracy.