Ah, no we are not. The last part, about "the masses", was tacked on later by the people who fear democracy. That was never a part of the original vision. Quoting the white paper:

"The proof-of-work also solves the problem of determining representation in majority decision making."

Indeed, it'd have been a nonsensical goal to try and stop "the masses" changing Bitcoin, because "the masses" are the only thing that give a currency its value and attempting to produce a currency that literally nobody can change, even if the vast majority of people decide to change it, is simply not possible to do with software. That's why we call it soft-ware.

Unfortunately, the Bitcoin community has been completely wrecked by people who truly, deeply believe that "decentralised" money means "money controlled by a tiny cabal of developers" rather than the more obvious interpretation of "money controlled by its users".