"Democracy" is a fraud. It's not about the people having the power at all.
This is something we actually agree on. Sort of.
I don't think it's a conscious fraud, though, I believe it's a delusion. I've found that quite a few politicians believe in it, for some reason, which is quite bizarre when you see them use the system to their advantage. They abuse the very principles while believing their abuse proves democracy works.
It's baffling.
But then, I don't know of any system that actually works.