“The American press is infatuated to the point of intoxication with ‘democracy,’ ” [Buchanan] wrote in 1991. To make his point, he compared the Marine Corps and corporations like IBM to the federal government. “Only the last is run on democratic, not autocratic, principles. Yet, who would choose the last as the superior institution?”

(Nicole Hemmer, “The Man Who Won the Republican Party Before Trump Did,” NYTimes, 9-8-22)

I would.

(This American)