Letter: Democracy hasnât fared well in America, but things are looking up FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2021, file photo, workers install razor wire atop fencing around the U.S. Capitol perimeter at sunset, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) By Tom Huckin | The Public Forum   | April 3, 2021, 12:00 p.m. In a recent letter, Frank Fish notes that the United States is no democracy but a âbadly run plutocracy.â He correctly singles out the U.S. Senate as being especially undemocratic, in that it has two seats for each state regardless of population. But itâs m...