Well in the last 3,000 years there has never been the medium for the population to voice their opinions and collaborate at such a large scale. Civilizations were run by the rich, not the population.

My hope is that eventually people will accept 'net supported politics as a way to support true democracy.

If freedom is the goal, then freedom has to be the goal of the majority. Yes, democracy is a mechanism, but we have never truly seen a way for populations to organize politics on mass before.

Democracy in the past (and now) has been an act for representatives that can have their own agenda.