Manx

Definitions of words is clearly important to ensure that there is some collective foundation to a discussion.

Democracy, as it is frequently used, is entirely divergent from the dictionary definition of the term. If you ask yourself if you even wanted the dictionary definition of democracy, you would probably say no. The dictionary definition of the term is nothing more than the tyranny of the majority. Modern, Western, "democracies" are not democracies at all, they are republics. One of the primary intentions, ostensibly anyway, of these modern republics is to protect the minorities from the majority.

Which goes back to my point that the use of the term democracy, particularly as applied to U.S. foreign policy, is nothing more than a marketing term. Historically (and by that I mean all of the past 60 years), the US has not worked to create (force) American/European styles of leadership. Rather the US has demonstrably worked to create (force) styles of leadership that are beneficial to US interests (conforming to the will of the US). Repackaging that as "democracy" doesn't change the reality of it into an American/European style of leadership (as if that were some form of ideal to begin with).