If you think the US is a Democracy, and not just a complicated form of slavery that benefits the few, you really aren't paying attention.
That's called neural linguistic programming. They're wording it that way in the hopes that you'll be afraid of being "at the bottom" and will deny your poverty as a result. 
Hey, Russian bots! Pay attention! The American media does this trick a lot. You wanna rattle your saber, learn this trick. Hen you can rattle it to my benefit for a change. 

