I don't know that "master" is a good word for any governing force or entity with power. It indicates subservience in an unhealthy way, one that can't be questioned with critical thought. Big businesses aren't elected, but have seized power through corruption. Most western governments rely on election methods, corrupt methods or not, to place people into seats of decision making. These are people that are also upheld to the same laws that they helped to create, along with any laws before and after their installation. They're elected guardians, not really masters. At least that's how I see it.