&quot;nor with the input of democratic...&quot;<p>Really? The public and elected officials never decided to build and open public streets that everyone has a right to travel on?<p>A republic isn&#x27;t a place where every new decision and idea requires government approval -- that&#x27;s a totalitarian dictatorship. A republic is where we elect people to set and enforce the rules for us and then we work within the rules absolutely any way we please to fulfill our own individual visions without asking permission from anyone.