If you're convinced, for some silly reason, that you live in a legit republic, I recommend researching how a banana republic operates, or say Russia, which is also a democracy & a republic on paper, and learn how every single procedure and institution is subverted and behind the decorum, the rulers are doing whatever they want, basically.
And once you do this... look back to your country with new eyes, and you'll be shocked. It's the same thing. But with more make-up on.
If you're convinced, for some silly reason, that you live in a legit republic, I recommend researching how a banana republic operates, or say Russia, which is also a democracy & a republic on paper, and learn how every single procedure and institution is subverted and behind the decorum, the rulers are doing whatever they want, basically.
And once you do this... look back to your country with new eyes, and you'll be shocked. It's the same thing. But with more make-up on.