You're just repeating the point by the GP. So I'll simply repeat my point: the US is becoming so dysfunctional that it cannot be called a modern democracy. You have to look to other countries, who are becoming the guide.
If the US is the yard-stick for good governance, then we're all in big trouble.
It's also the de facto point of view of western countries, and the yardstick by which they judge other countries.
(Including various "NGOs" and "world organizations" that measure the world with the same yardstick and are influenced by the same ideologies and even follow the same political goals).