What freedom does democracy give citizens when they dislike their government?
Democracy grants citizens the freedom to complain and say what they want when they dislike what is happening in government. That liberty permits open expression of disapproval and is described as one of democracy's beauties. Citizens can voice their objections and speak their minds.
Les explains that one of the beauties of democracy is that if we don't like what's in government, we can complain, we can say what we want, and we have that kind of freedom. He then turns to Paul's admonition in chapter 13, where the believer is told to recognize that every central government is there by divine appointment. Les says this is hard to reconcile, noting that Hitler was there by God's sovereign divine appointment, and that whenever America has someone in the White House we may not be all that proud of, he is still there by God's sovereign divine appointment. Paul says every soul, saved and unsaved, is to be subject unto the higher powers, which means civil government, for there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.