If a person realizes that liberal democracy is merely a technique of concealing power, then it should not surprise people to notice that the rise of liberal democracy in Europe occurred at the same time as the rise of secret Societies.
People are conditioned to find it 'kooky' to speak of the illuminati, but it is a simple historical fact that the society did exist...and we know that it weirded power and could influence kings as well as influence public opinion via cunning use of the printing press.
Documents of the illuminati were seized and exist to this day in German archives. We know what they wanted and what they were capable of.
We also know that intrinsically there is nothing about liberal democracy that could prevent the complete seizure of power by a secret society.