I hope you do live in a democratic society. Its a pleasant alternative to dictatorship.
A lot of the arguments here seem to assume that there is some way to have a revolution, start from scratch and create a new society. Since we can't do that, it would make more sense to work on how you want the existing one to work better.
Same wolf in sheep's clothing, perhaps slightly less lethal.
Exactly the same apart from the oppression, torture, disappearance of opposition activists, killing of peaceful demonstrators and imprisonment of medics for treating injured civilians.
Really, grow up. Where do you live that compares to that?