I mean, democracy was conceptualized and began in what is now present day Greece back in Ancient times (when most nations were still ruled by monarchies) and the fact that the original nations who had democratic values are the UK or France (as they were real countries whom existed before the USA even became a country of its own).
When the litteral merchan republic of venice, genoa and the hansiatic league citys, who all were build on comerce, were more democratic than a modern USA lol