content: We get to choose between candidates that have been preselected for us by the 1%.  It's no wonder the ancient athenians considered elections to be corrupt.  They didn't want the oligarchy to control their society, and so they used a lottery system to elect government officials that served on councils alongside other citizens.  It is accepted as democratic when public offices are allocated by lot; and as oligarchic when they are filled by election. - Aristotle, Politics 4.1294be