text: Democracy is a government run by the people.  Democracy alone doesn't necessarily provide freedom.  After all, the PEOPLE might not want everyone to have freedom.  \n\nAs for starving people, that's not really a democracy thing.  You're now thinking more along the lines of socialism or communism which is more concerned with even distribution of resources.    \n\nbtw, the United States isn't a democracy, it's a republic.