Do elected officials even exist?

a) Office; noun - "secular position of responsibility; divine service"...ones response-ability (free will of choice) implies a secular (Latin seco; to divide) position aka choice (reaction) divided within balance (action).

Being implies as reaction (life) within divine/divided service to action (inception towards death) aka as odds (growth) within even (loss).

b) Others suggest elections to tempt ones free will of choice to "select" the choice of others, which establishes others through ones permission as "chosen ones" aka ELITE (French élite) - "selection, choice".

c) Ones consent to anything suggested by another implies a transfer of office based on license (formal authorization, official permission, permit). Those authorized for office will then utilize that position to revoke ones license to participate in government (control of mind).

actual government

• Actual control of mind...ones perception adapting to all perceivable.
• Fictional control of mind...ones consent to suggestions by another.