There is perhaps a peculiar danger in a government guided by the minds and wills of the people. This puts the minds and wills of the people in play, as it were. More subject to political forces than otherwise. No one needed to make a serf believe that a certain politician would make the best king.
There are some egregious things going on with the state now, but there's something odd about them. They're predictably egregious. Reliably egregious. Masked, unidentified agents capturing people, taking them to prisons controlled by the second sovereignty, the federal sovereignty, not the one usually enforcing law and order in the state. Egregious, yes, but obviously so.
The standard jibe against the current president in NYC society was that he was a rodeo clown. When thoughts like that float down from the court, think about them carefully. A rodeo clown distracts the bull while the workers are doing the important things, the things a bull would not like if he knew about them. These egregious things are bad, yes, but what else might be going on? For example, how might they be making the lists of people to pursue?
I'm just stating the obvious. I oppose all bad things and am firmly in favor of the good things, but I don't think such a predisposition has a voice in the government at present, so I'll keep my peace. I used to read the party platforms before each election (you had to request them by mail), but now I recognize that that sphere of discouse would be a waste. Lear to recognize the important things, and focus your mind on them entirely -- ruthlessly.
But occasionally, state the obvious.