'killing Democracy Once And For All: The Global Elite's Coupd'etat That Is Destroying Life As We Know It' Source: Robert J. Burrowes Listen to article Politically savvy individuals know that democracy has rarely existed and probably never outside small groups of humans who deliberately organize themselves to share power or grant it temporarily to one or a small number of people for a particular purpose. In most contexts, ‘democracy’ is simply a label used to deceive the unwary into believing that ordinary people have a say in how we are governed. But this has never been the case in any political framework on a larger scale.