For generations, we’ve believed that our democracy epitomizes transparency and accountability, where elected officials represent our will.

But what if our democracy is only a façade with a far more disturbing underlying truth: the real power in Washington is not necessarily always held by those we elect but sometimes by a cadre of unelected bureaucrats, indifferent to the public, especially those who show up to vote every election cycle?

These Machiavellian actors, deeply entrenched within government institutions over the course of decades, see elected officials not as the ultimate authority to seek council with but as temporary employees who can be manipulated or ignored.

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