> The US government, imperfect as it is, is democratically elected by US citizens.

The US president is elected by electors from the electoral college; the number of electors per state was influenced by the pro-slavery states. (Research the three-fifths-clause: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/United_States_Electoral_College#... )

Even soviet democracy is way more democratic than the US democracy: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Soviet_democracy

>The US government, imperfect as it is, is democratically elected by US citizens.

Because of so much social media influencing, this is very much up for debate at this time from those that have been heavily influenced. That's just one example of how all of the social influence is just not good for society at large.

You failed on first line. They aren't democratically elected if there are only two choice: dems & republication. Both don't care about people, and constantly blames each other to divert people interest.

Survey says most Americans don't think they live in a democracy, while vast majority of Chinese think they do. It's easy to see why when you think about how little the average Americans' interests are represented by their government. Not to mention the totally gerrymandered districts, voter suppression and absurd legalized corruption that says money=speech. https://www.newsweek.com/most-china-call-their-nation-democr...