Listen, what we have isn't perfect and can be improved, but it's lightyears ahead of whatever """democracy""" russia claims to have. Where in russia can you publicly decry the "you can't badmouth the military" law that was passed during the war? Where can you recall your local politician for voting against your interests? Who can "impeach" putin in russia?

We may suck at using the tools we have available, because americans are apathetic and kinda lazy and often purposely disenfranchised, but the tools are like 80% of the way there.