Not really. Democracy is about having the right to an education. It's about free speech and allowing both good and bad ideas to be discussed openly so that we

Not really. Democracy is about having the right to an education. It's about free speech and allowing both good and bad ideas to be discussed openly so that we can all decide together which are good and which are bad. Without the power of voice and vote combined together, you don't get the combined strength of a collective conscience. Just because some people who have unpopular ideas have the same value and power (one vote, one voice) as other people does not mean that the bad ideas get implemented. Actually, it is almost by definition that a democracy yields ideas with which most of the country agrees. It's not perfect in practice because we can't all be informed and vote on everything, but I believe in the States it is nearly as close as you can get.