The Romans tried it, and it ended in tyranny and the collapse of their civilization.
The Americans tried it, and it’s ended in tyranny and the collapse of their civilization.
The fact that the body hasn’t yet figured out that it’s been shot in the head, now twice, isn’t hard to understand, given that the brain stopped sending reliable signals after it was blown out the first time.
Try something once, and it’s an experiment. Try something twice, get the same result, and it’s a trend. Try something three times, expecting a different result, and you’ve reached a popular definition of insanity.
Republican democracy clearly doesn’t, and likely can’t, work over the long term… we, as a species, need to, very carefully, rethink.
If we get the opportunity.