A Democracy with fake elections is actually a dictatorship. America has been one since 2020. This case is just another example of our young growing tyranny.
A democracy is Hell unless it's coupled with a Republic like ours, with a Constitution and Bill of Rights. (At least ours used to be.)
Once both parties realized they could use the system to loot for themselves and their families it's become more like an oligarchy. Where rich powerful people vie for the same pot of gold. And we all became the Golden Goose, which they now seem to be trying to kill.
Imagine what peril we'd be in if it was just a democracy right now where the mob could just vote away your rights with a simple majority.