Let me make it clear in addition, Shimrod, that, altho there undoubtedly are people, in the nature of things, who do fail to 'think things thru', it is your implied assumption that these comprise all those who do not happen to see things the way you do which I find so rebarbative.
Can you deny that this is the implication of your "Democracy would be a fine system if we had some real choice and a few more people were able to think things through (which they plainly can't)'? Otherwise, why 'plainly' can't they, eh?

~M~