Yes, American democracy is an illusion, like American freedom. They're just marketing terms for sending our military around the world. But real freedom and democracy are a lot of work. A lot of meetings to go to and decisions to carry out. Seems to me most people would rather just obey someone else. Wrote about the freedom part at https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/american-freedom-is-a-scam-a85084eaf59b.