Democracy is sneaky refined domination, subtle enough that masses do not see through it, but it is elites controlling the masses.

At the end, this political system is about supporting current power who settled by force (and to whom you have to pay a tax to not be sent into physical jail, and all your belongings taken).

Remember that at the beginning, these nice people are actually people who killed to be in place, and collected a lot of power and money, and that are now defending their position.

Kingdoms, then Dictatorship were too unstable, and this gave birth to Democracy, still with the same elites.

In some way, it is a softer continuation of conquest-coercion dressed as consent.

The newest generations use propaganda to settle; the approach changes, but the goal is ultimately the same.

That description fits any authority, not just democratic. The state is an apparatus of coercion. Always was, always will be.

What would you propose instead of democracy?