I like the term “shamocracy” (a sham democracy).
Shamocracies can’t help but be full of contradictions.
One example of a shamocracy contradiction: As Americans we have God-given, unalienable rights, well documented in state and federal constitutions, and our governments (state and federal) respect and protect these rights so judiciously that if my daughter answers questions incorrectly at border checkpoint, 100 miles inside the border, she is likely to be dragged out of her car through a broken window, electroshocked, and beat bloody by government officials who swore an oath to support and defend the constitution, and my daughter’s God-given, unalienable rights.