Reading exercise for you.

Re-read the comment that you replied to, and find out where I said the same thing.

Most of these would-be book-banners do not actually want to create a totalitarian state. They honestly believe that they live in a democracy that was hijacked in 2020. They are being walked into accepting dictatorship on the principle that you have to fight fire with fire. When you meet them with fire, you're confirming the world-views that make them useful tools for Trump and co.

Didn’t they ban the books using democratically elected representatives that legally passed a valid law?

If anything we actually have the 1st amendment to stop democracies from going too far!