About Democracy

Sometimes, lawmakers in a democracy take measures that people don't approve. How can this happen in a democracy? They are supposed to do what the majority wants, aren't they?
To make it clear, I never believed that we should do what the majority votes for. I will analyze this later. My point is that we should change the name of that form of government. Democracy was applied in ancient Athens (that's a city, back then a village, not a country). You can do this only in a small number of people, and still I doubt if it's effective. To lighten up the mood, "demos" nowadays in Greek means municipality (back then ment "citizens", to a free translation). People consider that since we have a democracy, we should do what the majority wants, and that's why they get mad when it doesn't happen. Fair.
Now, why I doubt about the efficiency of a democracy. As Socrates said, when you 're sick, will you take the advice of the majority or the one of a doctor? When a manager has to decide if he has to close down a department, should he ask the employees of the department or his accountant? Usually, citizens don't have sufficient data to judge a government. And usually, the government can't provide them. Even decades later, people still debate whether a government was good or not. So, we can't have a democracy. We just have a political system which includes a kind of elections!
Another negative point of this system is the constant change of ministers. How can a ministry apply a policy when it constantly changes its minister. There is no stability and coherence.
I often think that maybe a system with a few governors who would be the same for a long period, maybe this would be better. I am not sure. Think about football teams which keep the same manager for many years! United, Arsenal. They know what's happening, either this is bad or good.
However, maybe this kind of thoughts belongs to the past. Maybe the future doesn't include countries and governments. Maybe it is just economic areas and companies. Hopefully for good!