[buwaya]

Well, we have a Democratic Republic (or a Republic with Democratic forms, as someone said). Democracies can be frustrating, because if you want to get what you want, you have to get most people to agree with you, to some extent anyway.

Tough to do. It requires discipline and focus on the objective, and severely discourages purist ideologies.

Even limited government has to be won by political persuasion among the messy masses, it won’t come from sticking with the few with the right ideas.

[DaveTesla]

“Well, we have a Democratic Republic (or a Republic with Democratic forms, as someone said).”

No we don't. We live in a Constitutional republic.

And all I want is to be left alone to live out my life.

Unlike you I don't wish to control anyone.

[DaveTesla]

FYI

A constitutional republic is a state where the head of state and other officials are elected as representatives of
the people, and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over
citizens. In a constitutional republic, executive, legislative, and judicial powers are separated into
distinct branches and the will of the majority of the population is tempered by protections for individual rights
so that no individual or group has absolute power. The fact that a constitution exists that limits the government's
power makes the state constitutional. That the head(s) of state and other officials are chosen by election, rather
than inheriting their positions, and that their decisions are subject to judicial review makes a state republican.

[DaveTesla]

As you can see even the Republican party does not meet the definition of Republic.