Has the United States changed from a democracy to a vetocracy?

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I have a read a suggestion that the government of the United States is so wedded to the notion of the "separation of powers" that it has ceased to be truly effective. Instead of the elected members being able to take decisions that can be enacted, they are subject to vetos, such as from the President and the Supreme Court, that make all their deliberations meaningless. The net result is roadblock politics in which what actually happens is not what the people want but what nobody can find any real objection to! Maybe the Founding Fathers - with their paranoia asbout monarchy and liberty - got it wrong from the start. Perhaps it is time to rip up the US Constitution and start again!