There was a guy who said a democracy could only last until the people could vote themselves the treasury. Since we have a Republic we have managed to survive longer than that. What is happening now is that people in government are now able to determine the outcome of elections. The government got deficit spending and then was able to finance itself without taxation. They spent the money growing government so large that it now can vote for itself and win.
Yep, it’s no longer possible to even protest what’s happening by refusing to pay taxes. Aside from the obvious legal consequences, the government can still effectively tax you anyway by just creating dollars out of thin air and driving inflation upward.
The 17th Amendment rendered the US a democratic republic.
We’re coming to the endpoint known to our Framers: democratic tyranny.
It’s amazing we’ve lasted so long, but one-party rule means the end of the republic.