What "democratic" ideals? The US often installs and supports authoritarian governments that serve the interests of the American ruling class/capitalists/corporations. We don't have a democracy (rule of the people), we have plutocracy (rule of money), the rule of the rich and powerful, at the expense of the working class. Profits are privatized, and losses are made public (socialism for the rich), in the form of government bailouts, purchases, subsidies, grants, loans, contracts..etc. Only the very ignorant and naive think the US is a "democracy". If you believe that the United States gutted its manufacturing base and working-class, in order to turn China into a Jeffersonian democracy, I have a bridge to sell you here in Brooklyn. It's great, you're going to love it.