No, "We the People" were never in charge. They convinced you that we were making choices, while keeping up the appearance of democracy. Then they lied about it when the oligarchs overruled us. They've just stopped pretending to care what we think.

Sadly, around half (give or take a few percent, depending on recent developments) of this board seems to be just as corrupted as their president.

Even these midterms still saw millions of people voting for a continuation of this clusterfuck of (financial, moral and legal) corruption. Trump really is just a symptom of a much larger amount of rot.

they do, it is just the board is corrupt as well.

Nearly 350m these days

Jailed? I’m not a proponent of the death penalty, but Trump has done like seven different treasonous things. America executes people over smaller shit than J6 all the time.

This is an interesting analogy. A good corporate board would be vetting the C-suite similar to how the Senate is supposed to vet cabinet appointments.

There are definitely corporate boards (and senators) that fail to hold CEOs (and presidents) accountable.