> 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