“After all, America is one of the best functioning examples of true democracy the World has ever seen.”
The United States of America is not and never was a democracy.
Democracy as a form of government was known by the Founders of the United States as one of the worse form of governments ever devised.
Democracy is rule of mob.
A Constitutional Republic is rule of law.
The United states is a Constitutional Republic.
Where people become confused is in thinking that popular democratic ELECTIONS is an image of democracy. What they don’t understand is that it is RULE OF LAW = REPUBLIC that ‘rules’. Elections elect people. Elections do not rule. People that are elected are subject to the Constitution. A Constitutional Republic ‘rules’. Elected officials are subordinate to the Constitution. We live UNDER a Constitutional Republic. That is what rules us.
The USA has had issues with elected officials and judiciary appointees ignoring the Constitution but by and large the Constitution is still the law of the land.
Yup, the last thing we need to do is Europeanize.