Not entirely true. Pure Democracy is kind of dangerous when dealing with invasion on home soil.
A democratic republic allows the people to elect leaders who can determine action in times of crisis. Trouble is the decision still runs the gauntlet of a popularity contest due to representatives wanting to keep their seat in the next election.
There is always an element of mistrust in dealings not voted on by the general population.
And the political spin on both sides is outrageous.
But we could not protect ourselves adequately if military action in a time of emergency had to be put to a popular vote.
And, although I have many questions about the conducting of operations, my representatives signed on to this. As did a majority of Democrat and Republican congressmen.

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Consumption is indeed important in a free economy: particularly the freedom of consumers to buy their goods in unhampered markets. However, key to long-term economic growth is investment (savings), which is the opposite of consumption. Public policies that promote consumption — such as low interest rates — do so at the expense of savings. Less savings means less investments; an economy that does not save or invest will consume all of its resources and eventually end up bankrupt.-David Saied