It's an "iron law" that an oligarchy will form in any organization, and this includes nations.
There will always be elites. And the only way elites are ever held accountable is other elites, looking after their own self interest, in competition for goods/resources, use their powers against each other.
It's also an iron law in politics that "an organized minority defeats and unorganized majority".
IRON (capable of destroying aggregation); hence IRONY (speech dissembler)...
ORGAN - "instrument (life) of action (inception towards death) + OLIGARCHY (many ruled by few)...if one ignores self (instrument within sound) for others; then one with choice becomes an instrument of a chosen one.
NATION (a people) implies each one person aka per sonos (by sound); hence all instruments inclusive within sound.
Because ELITE (selection; choice) implies free WILL of choice, and ALL WAY (inception towards death) implies each one (life) within.
The selected few (elite) manage the ACCOUNT (a registry of a debt or credit) of the consenting many, who each hold onto suggested collectivism (counting) by creed (consent; belief; faith).
In short...many are willingly holding onto parasitic few, while refusing to let go.
Organized (one utilizing free will of choice within perceivable) or unorganized (one ignoring free will of choice when consenting to suggested choices by others). Organization aggregates disorganization.