This is why we are not a democracy, the founders recognized it doesn’t work. Republican style government works best.
We elect officials by democratic vote. Yes, we are a Republic. Yes, the founders knew direct democreacy was not a stable or scalable form of government. We are NOTHING LIKE Turkey.
Turkey is an Islamist Dictatorship.
Totalitarianism at it’s worst.
Yes, we in the US have our own problems now with the ComDems (Communist Democrats).