> If that's your view of the electorate, then the whole "democracy" thing is just a cover for elite power.

yeah. They don't necessarily want nor care to inform of the truth. they want that sort of manipulation as much as any other billionaire. Heck there's a good amount of people who simply want to be told what to do so they don't have to worry about the big stuff.

There's a reason many almost always choose convinience over anything else when working in practice.