Think outside it all you wish - you will be unpleasantly surprised when your idea gets in front of courts who are bound to honor it.

The US isn't a "flawed democracy", it's intentionally not a democracy.

The US is a democracy. It's not a direct democracy. it's flawed because the system is outdated and broken.

It was a system designed to consolidate power among white landowners and to be extremely difficult to change. It's not a surprise it's got issues.

The US is a Representative Republic, which differs from a democracy in several significant ways.

It was designed to be difficult to change because democracies always fail when the majority decides the rule of law is no longer important.

A democracy and a republican are not mutually exclusive. The US is a democracy.

A representative republic is the system we have in the US, which is by definition not a democracy. They're two very different concepts, and they are mutually exclusive.

This is basic civics. It's taught, or I hope it's still taught, in grade school. It's not controversial, it's not surprising, it's fact.