Democracy is a great idea. It's a simple and easy tool, for strong, independent men to join and multiply their power against outside forces, without sacrificing  too much individual freedom in the process. Democracy makes it easy for homesteaders to survive a drought, or for landowners to repel an invading warlord.  I still agree with the sentiment of you post, though. Cultivating a society of the weak and feeble minded, and using their voices to justify public policy is indeed a terrible idea. Future students of history will probably ask the same question as you, when they look back at our age of the modern republic.