Ayn Rand was a woman who defected from Russia to the US in 1926. She was politically smart, having lived through the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Read about Ayn Rand here -
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ayn+rand&ia=webRegarding this topic, here are her answers regarding Democracy and Republic -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV5arQxexyg.If you are a 14th Amendment citizen of the US, your status in America is different than if you are simply a man/woman living on the land of America. How do you become a citizen of the US? By accepting that you are being called a citizen by the US government, because you signed up for some benefit from government.
Just remember, you are NOT a US citizen until you agree with government that you are. The 'person' named on the paperwork that you signed is a separate person. You are a man/woman. And when the salesmen (the courts) trick you into saying that you are a citizen - saying that you are that 'person' listed on the paperwork - what can government do but honor what you said?... at least until you contradict what you said in the right way.
If your signature isn't on the document that has your name on it,
that 'person' is not one of your persons. Fourth Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Are you secure in your persons? If the court document has your name on it, but you haven't agreed that it is one of your persons, somebody has stolen one (or more) of your persons, and adapted it to make a new fake person. Then they try to get you to agree that their created person is you.
Think about this, and then stand up to the Democracy by remaining within the Republic. How to remain in the Republic? Don't agree that you are the person on their document. Then sue the judge and the attorney for stealing your persons and adapting them for their own use, which is against the 4th Amendment.
This is the reason why the US has become as strong as it has. If this was taught in school, the US would have remained honorable, as well.