The big picture still is what it is. Americans want a king.
You can get into the more nuanced weeds and there is plenty more nuance there, but the overarching dynamic is people made a tradeoff, and they chose a king.
I really, really want to disagree with you... not only on a societal level, but on a personal level... And i don't think i can... Watching congress fight over whether a women is a women, foreign wars and a border... Like who thought it was a good idea to give 500 people the power of the purse? Sounds like a quick way to go broke.
You can get into the more nuanced weeds and there is plenty more nuance there, but the overarching dynamic is people made a tradeoff, and they chose a king.