I wouldn’t call whatever the US has or had real Democracy to begin with. You only have two viable parties and it’s so easy to abuse. Just look at the mess your electoral college ans gerrymandering is.

I’m not fully happy with the German system because we for example can’t directly elect our chancellor and president but there at least five parties who jump the 5% hurdle to enter the Bundestag and ten or so others you can directly vote for.