The idea is known as the Republican form. The idea is that people democratically elect those who would represent them in a government, and those people would be held accountable for what they've done if they do something opposite to the will of the people. It's the only way that a democracy can work properly because others would be impossible with that many people.
I asked my cousin in highschool he said the Illuminati idk if that is the word you are looking for sry if that doesn't help
D. Citizens are free to elect anyone they want into office