A Partial List of Things Incompatible With Democracy...

...and Inimical to It

• Empire


• Militarism


• Terrorism


• Off-shore prisons


• "Extraordinary Renditions" (Sending our prisoners to foreign jails so they can be mistreated in ways illegal here)


• Torture (Yes, waterboarding is torture!)


• Government-run economy


• Domestic spying without court order


• Weak independence of the judiciary branch


• Corruption, including bribery, graft, nepotism, cronyism, and patronage, if it involves promoting less competent people over more competent ones


• Over-taxation


• Weak or non-existent middle class


• Under-educated populace


• Politically unaware or uninvolved populace, asleep at the wheel

Feel free to add things I've overlooked; there are bound to be zillions of them.