And the government is also free to change the rules depending on the administration in power. I can leave a corporation I don’t like much easier than a government.
That’s not necessarily true - realistically not using google or Facebook, for the average, non-tech person, is in many ways up there with moving from say, France to Germany (I chose the EU to make a specific point about ease of movement) in terms of difficulty.
Also, at least democracies have formal mechanisms for holding governments accountable, even if these mechanisms are often corrupted or flawed.
Living in a democracy means you have options beyond “voting with your feet”.
Even in the best case ignoring the effects of the electoral college, two senators per state regardless of the population and gerrymandering suppressing the will of the people. It’s fine when a democratic government having power is ruled by the majority as long as you are in the majority.
Look at the history of how the government treats minorities (racial, religious, non straight, etc)
I agree about gerrymandering, think the Electoral College is anti-democratic, and see you point about the way the Senate is set up (though that is maybe a bit trickier than the above 2 items).
But I feel like this is kind of outside scope of what we were talking about? The US is a flawed democracy, no doubt, and some political scientists argue it no longer functions as a democracy, but, it is still, both formally and somewhat in practice, a democracy.
Also, at least democracies have formal mechanisms for holding governments accountable, even if these mechanisms are often corrupted or flawed.
Living in a democracy means you have options beyond “voting with your feet”.