The government is also owned by regular people. For example where I live there is not a single rich person controlling the government, but it is the biggest thing that gets in my way. On the federal level its owned by the rich, but local level is different and can be more impactful.
Where do you currently get your news from?
I get what you are saying, but then why do you keep voting for the same polticians that give us the same thing?
The problem is the government is so large it will be influenced by people, the only way to change this is to drastically make it smaller.