How democracy is supposed to go:

You pay your fair share of taxes.

You vote for the people who you want to form the government.

The government spends taxes and makes laws according to what voters voted for.

The result is more economic "equity" and "fairness".

Elections are held often enough for bad actors to be removed before any major damage is done but given long enough to enact what they were voted in to do.

How democracy really goes:

You pay all of the taxes you are obliged to or go to jail.

You vote for people who institutions want to form the government.

The government spends more than the taxes it receives and makes different laws to what they advertised.

The extra money is taken from an infinite line of credit from the central bank.

The result is inflation + rich get richer.

Election results are largely controlled by corrupt media giants which work overtime to control public opinion. The majority of politicians are bad actors.