> governance by elected officials is not democratic.

I'd agree that this is the case.

When billionaires, or the ruling class, own the media, and when you have media and capital lobbying influencing everything in government, who is actually in control of people being elected?

A great example is what happened when Jeremy Corbyn (socialist) did well in the UK elections. The media absolutely crucified him and made sure he didn't become the next PM. That's not a democracy.

It's a real hell of a mess we're in and I'm not sure how we go about changing it.