Do "we the people" matter to the left?

Michael Watson writes about liberalism in America.

The path of decadent-phase Great Society liberalism is clear. Unless “the people” have a checkbook or thousands of votes to give to the left-wing political leadership, the people don’t matter. The mask has fallen.

He gives several examples here: https://spectator.org/liberalism-serves-elite/?blm_aid=73350