Democracy, the system of systems?

[ZenitYerkes]

We have been shown many times how democracy is the "least worse of political systems" and its advantages and freedoms compared to the previous systems: despotic monarchies, tyrannic authoritarianisms,... We know its wonders in theory; however, we know its weak points in practice.

We have seen how every four years we are presented two people to vote for; whom we would know nothing about, if it weren't for the party they're members of or the promises they make. We know how peaceful protests and signature gathering has turned a tedious labor no one pays attention to.

It seems that the current democratic system wants a voiceless people. Perhaps that's what we wanted to, a system that won't let us work in the common issues; one that gathers people who will do the hard work for us.

On another side there's the size issue. The larger a democracy is, the smaller the value of a vote or the individual will be. Democracy is supposed to work as in Ancient Greece, in city-States, reduced populations where the people spoke directly.

So, is the current democracy the so called system of systems?