No, those who want to believe we’re a democracy rather than a democratic republic need to learn some history and civics. Wishing it were so does not make it so.
“Wishing it were so does not make it so.”
That goes both ways. We’re watching everything destroyed in real time by people who know what they are doing. Calling them “stupid” isn’t really sufficient. Behar might be a useful idiot, but it won’t matter. The damage is done, and permanent, more or less.