I think democracy is far from being a good model. Yes, I know it respects the individual rights and give people the feeling of freedom of choice but very frequently (as it has happened in many third world countries), the common denominator doesn't have even the basic knowledge about how a country works.
Lets take a example: If the best music genere was chosen based on how many people listens to it, Pop music would win. And not only that, but the other 49% who didn't vote for Pop now is condemned to listen only Pop for 4 years straight. That's political democracy  

Technocracy FTW!