I have to ask, how is that destroying democracy? It may or may not be leading the nation down a negative path, something that I suspect we disagree on based on

I have to ask, how is that destroying democracy? It may or may not be leading the nation down a negative path, something that I suspect we disagree on based on your phrasing. However, if people vote and their votes actually influence government, as discussed elsewhere in the thread, isn't that democracy following it's path?