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I'm not American but okay.
Okay? Many others have much worse quality of life than America, but either way that's not what I'm talking about. Democracy isn't about having a good quality of life. That is, of course, the ultimate goal, but the essence of democracy is when a people have peaceful, legal means to do something about not having a good quality of life. That is completely different from non-democracies, where when the government announces extra taxes on the poor the only thing you can do is revolt or shut up. I come from one of these, which is why I'm saying America is a democracy; I know what it would look like if it wasn't and for starters half the people in this thread would be arrested.
America is owned by corporations, that's legit not a democracy.