There are very few Republics that haven't fallen to corporate oligopoly.
What you call the U.S. gov. is now serving The Plutocracy.....
It also serves about 20% of the pop. that have won in the casino which the oligarchs set up...It's pretty well all mafia ethos now and unless one is of the developmental stature of a Buddha​ or Christ; one will most likely get sucked into the mafia way of doing business....