The Founders, through the Declaration of Independence[1], explicitly answer your question: > But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariab

The Founders, through the Declaration of Independence[1], explicitly answer your question: > But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Your argument assumes that the people have discarded democratic processes, but this is not guaranteed to be the case; in fact, nearly every time this happens, it's a corrupt government fixing elections. The definition of "elected" is not as pure as your statement implies. [1] https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcrip...