India, July 8 -- The US democracy sold as pure, moral and unprecedented is increasingly under lens. Behind the facade of democratic virtue lies a history of conquest, slavery and imperialism; carefully constructed narratives masking brutal truths for 250 years are now crumbling

We have been deceived - again and again - into believing that US democracy was born as a noble product of collective will. The story handed down to us is that George Washington, in a moment of virtuous restraint, rejected Colonel Lewis Nicola's suggestion to crown him king, choosing instead the path of liberty and republicanism. This moment is celebrated as the moral genesis of American democracy. But 250 years on, the illusion fractures under the weight of histor...