The revolutionary war wasn't fought on behalf of working people. It was the colonial ruling class that wanted independence from the British monarchy. Our founding fathers were the richest men in the land, and many of them slaveholders. Only propertied white men could vote. The electoral system was purposefully set up to distance government from the people. This mythical past were "the people" ruled America did not exist, ever.
Superdelegates were put into place in 1968 to wrest power away from the party big wigs.
After the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party made changes in its delegate selection process, based on the work of the McGovern-Fraser Commission. The purpose of the changes was to make the composition of the convention less subject to control by party leaders and more responsive to the votes cast during the campaign for the nomination.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate
Prior to that time, the party could and often did determine the nominee in smoke-filled back rooms. That is what is meant by a brokered convention.
Before the era of presidential primary elections, political party conventions were routinely brokered. The Democratic Party required two-thirds of delegates to choose a candidate, starting with the first Democratic National Convention in 1832, and then at every convention from 1844 until 1936. This made it far more likely to have a brokered convention, particularly when two strong factions existed. The most infamous example was at the 1924 Democratic National Convention (the Klanbake), where the divisions between Wets and Drys on Prohibition (and other issues) led to 102 ballots of deadlock between frontrunners Alfred E. Smith and William G. McAdoo before dark horse John W. Davis was chosen as a compromise candidate on the 103rd ballot. Adlai Stevenson (of the 1952 Democratic Party) and Thomas E. Dewey (of the 1948 Republican Party) were the most recent "brokered convention" presidential nominees, of their respective parties. The last winning U.S. presidential nominee produced by a brokered convention was Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1932.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokered_convention#Brokered_conventions_in_history
If you want to change the Super Delegate system that was implemented in 1968, that entails becoming actively involved in the Democratic Party organization. The Super Delegate system is hardly new. It got a great deal of attention in 2008. That means people had eight years to get involved and try to do something about it, yet no one did. Now you want to change the rules mid-cycle because you think it will favor Bernie. That isn't going to happen, nor should it.
I really don't think you need to worry though. It should be evident a week from this Tuesday that the candidate who holds the lead in superdelegates will also be building a formidable majority of pledged delegates via the popular vote.
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