No I just mean that the people did not choose who was in power originally. When the republic was created it was much more akin to an aristocracy than what we currently live in now. This is why I was suggesting reading about Platos five regimes, because we started as a timocracy that was formed by something akin a very short-lived aristocracy (the constitutional convention). Then we became an oligarchy in the 20th century when many large private corporations and tycoons captured most of the government. Our form of oligarchy was referred to as a "corporatocracy". We've been descending into democracy for the past 15 years, which is quickly leading us to the final form / regime (tyranny).