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democracy has ceased to be
No it hasn't.
By any stretch of the imagination.
Unless, of course, you are begging the question and defining democracy in such a way that your claim holds any water at all.
If you consider democracy to be, at its most basic, the free exercise of choice, then the ability to influence the choice of others is entirely an extension of that freedom.
NotThamesWater
Oliver Schick
The issue is that democracy has ceased to be and is now able.to be manipulated by private companies on behalf of the highest paying client.