Democracy? Don't make me laugh. It seems you don't have a clue about what democracy is.
America is governed by a network of companies and military, we call the military industrial complex. There are several US presidents who warned for this to happen.
Want names? Eisenhower was the last president that warned for it.
Clinton managed to get American finance back to normal, but the Bush government turned American budget deficit to an all time disaster.
And why? Several American companies are getting richer and richer every day at the cost of American taxpayers.
Obama is there to close the eyes of the John Doe Americans.
I reckon Obama is already handcuffed by the system too.
Another fact.. France always had an anti American political course.
And what do we see now? The Carlyle company (Bush) bought the French Newspaper Le Figaro some years ago. A right wing newspaper.
French media were influenced by American capitalists..
Sarkozy became president of France. And his family has interests in the American oil industry.
The same goes for the former Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende, his brother has also a leading role in American oil industry.
The Dutch Royal family has also ties with the Shell company.
And Prince Bernard, was the first chairman of the Bilderberg secret meetings.
Nowadays we see a complete idiot like Geert Wilders getting a lot of attention from the BOUGHT Dutch media. No surprise that Geert Wilders is financed by a ultra conservative American group.