Another aspect to this "trajectory" is our belief that we can bend the will of the overly ambitious people who aspire for elected position. That's why Medium has thousands of articles like this.

There is probably some truth to this "bending," for many of us, the results are unsatisfactory. There are other forces at play that override "the will of the people".

It's time for a new way:

https://medium.com/p/cf48e4b4a1eb