Apart from democracies usually offering the most protections of rights, your argument is all over that place. The power of judges is very restricted as they ca

Apart from democracies usually offering the most protections of rights, your argument is all over that place. The power of judges is very restricted as they cannot rule against the law. They don't even need to be enlightened to do that. Their wiggle room lies in the interpretation, that is why laws need to be crafted with care. The law in democracies is decided by parliament or directly. It can be changed, some fundamental laws are protected where you need strong majorities. The majority will does protect your rights in most cases. And again, even with that most practical rights of people are implemented in democracies. The rule of the majority scare is mostly impotent and not very well argued.