Yet, we still have democracy and violence.
Another old saying was that we cannot have democracy unless we are informed and participate; yet, we have democracy although few of us are informed and vote. We have actually seen a significant turnout in voting in recent years (despite claims of "voter repression").
Many are strongly motivated to vote Democratic or Republican in 2022, but most of those people cannot name their senators or representative or most of the people they will vote for (even after they have just voted).
Yes but the GQP doesn't want Democracy. That's the point. They say they are true Americans but their words and action tell otherwise.