They work the levers of government, place their servants in power, and advertise via government education and media. As individuals in a democracy, we lose all power. Only masters have power, and their conflicting agendas ensure strife and discord. These groups do not seek individual representation for us but to subjugate individuals outside their grasp to their dictates by force of numbers.

In democracy, the biggest herd wins. So the game is no longer about what individuals desire but about bringing more outsiders into the fold to build the majority, ensuring power. The individual loses all hope of self-governance; his only chance at obtaining some semblance of representation is to compromise himself and join a large group which at least represents less than everything he despises.

Modern centralized, democratic government removes self-determination from the people and places it in the hands of major political parties and their financial backers. Self-representation is not achieved by voting; you're not choosing a leader from a consenting group. Instead, national parties directed by major corporations are choosing loyal, obedient tools (politicians) to do their bidding. Being allowed to vote when you have no chance of being represented (other than choosing what appears to be the lesser of two evils) is not representation. Voting exists to provide an excuse for an over-bloated bureaucracy to subjugate the non-consenting individuals they mold, manipulate, and extract from.

At its core, democracy is devoid of tolerance and diversity. Instead of acceptance, it seeks conversion and submission. We should allow others to disagree with us, hold their own opinions and live by them. In this way, everyone can achieve self-governance, and none must attempt to control others. We should remove the will of the majority as our political authority and return sovereignty to the individual.

To get a basic idea of self-governance, imagine each county or town in the United States was autonomous. There would then be thousands of forms of governance, and every arena would be small enough for the voices of individuals to be heard, with no national parties trampling on local choices. Imagine, liberals, if Donald Trump and evangelical Christians had no power over you. Republicans, imagine if there was no more liberal agenda. Libertarians, you could legalize liberty!

Further, you would not have to quarrel to maintain power. Each society would be devoid of internal political strife, eradicating so much anger and hatred towards each other. You could live with like-minded people, all governed as you desire; a unified whole. Instead of the modern top-down diktats from Washington, we would have a bottom-up decisions, and the people would return as the priority instead of the government.