Okay, I hearby declare that the United States's historic national design as outlined by the conmstitution and amandements, is not democratic. At least it is not more democratic than for example the German Federal
Republic.
Satisfied?
Didn't I just say above that there are no democratic states left in the West?
Now tell me somebody - what is being gained by this kind of useless hairsplitting?
Of course the US by historic design was meant to be a democracy. A democratic republic. Ooops - sounds like German Democratic Republic. Representative, somebody, representing - by any chance the voting people, maybe? So we talk about a people's republic - like in People's Republic of China?
C'mon guys, let's waste your time on something more useful than this shadowboxing.