Somehow I don't think the US was ever truly a democracy
@Blandscape . It was never set up to last. Hence the term 'Constitutional Republic'.
It just has had an illusion of democracy to keep American citizens to remain content enough from engaging in violent upheaval.
But of course the cracks are beginning to show and their system is falling apart.
So their elites are becoming afraid & are attempting to tyrannize the entire planet. Ie Trump.
They certainly did that their own citizens with that sham 911 incident & all those phony wars.
The extremism in the Republican party is likely going to get worse as the US descends further into fascism and authoritarianism. The Republican party created the current US political state in it's own image & they are primarily to blame.