USA: Democracy?

I read this great interview on Alternet and thought I'd give Deep Green Resistance a read to get a feel for what the authors have in mind. Here's an excerpt from the preface that I had to share with y'all:

And in case you're wondering what the definition of 'democracy' is, I grabbed a screenshot of this page from Dictionary.com:

Of course, you've probably realized by now that supreme power is not 'vested in the people' and our society is not 'characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges'. Something to think about..