Because the Owners clearly can't survive in a Republic when they play by the rules. They have to change election laws (legally or not), import in parasites to keep the voting plantation full, silence opposition through their media proxies, and lawfare away their loudest/biggest threats.
Because the Owners clearly can't survive in a Republic when they play by the rules. They have to change election laws (legally or not), import in parasites to keep the voting plantation full, silence opposition through their media proxies, and lawfare away their loudest/biggest threats.