YES. We've never had a democracy, liberal or otherwise, The US was a plutocracy from the very beginning. Any government that does not exclusively issue and control the money is controlled by those who do. It is time the people made this nation, nay the world, a democracy. The ancient Greeks recognized money creation as the most vital prerogative of democratic self-governance. That is what it takes. https://www.monetaryalliance.org/proposal-for-a-political-program-around-monetary-reform/?fbclid=IwAR0P3kHCvEbuE3zQYQ4nZjZS639YWOFCT1X5IPa_snr6gg3uBfQ18YOkhEc