The United States has never been a democratic country.

The United States cannot be considered a true democracy. A genuine democracy is defined by multiple elected parties, each representing distinct segments of the population. These parties must be able to emerge, evolve, or fade away in response to social, economic, and cultural shifts, reflecting the changing will of the people. Democracy, by nature, is dynamic, capable of adaptation, for better or worse, to the transformations of the society it governs.
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‎The American political system, however, has been dominated by two parties for over a century and a half, rendering it fundamentally static. This bipartisanship is institutionalized, creating the illusion of choice while severely restricting the range of ideas and interests represented. This rigid structure deliberately ignores the diversity of public opinion and needs, reducing democratic debate to an alternation between two visions often aligned with the interests of a ruling economic elite. Electoral mechanisms like the Electoral College or financial barriers to entry further entrench this dominance by sidelining third parties and perpetuating the status quo.
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‎Under these conditions, power remains concentrated in the hands of an oligarchy, whether Republican or Democrat, while the popular will is systematically diluted or suppressed. A country where political change is limited to rotation between two establishment forces cannot claim to embody democratic principles of pluralism, fair representation, and adaptability. Without the capacity for reinvention, the American system operates as a soft dictatorship: the appearances of democracy are preserved but its essence, the true sovereignty of the people, is absent.