True, which is why I wrote the same could *almost* be said of the "founding" generation.

It was true in ancient Israel as well; there were those who dissented and did not want a king, and the rest of Israel was ready to kill them for disagreeing...😒

See:

1 Samuel 10:27 (CSB): But some wicked men said, “How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.

1 Samuel 11:12 (CSB): Afterward, the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Give us those men so we can kill them!”