Have we taken the principle of democracy too far?

"And so tyranny naturally arises out of democracy..."---Plato, "The Republic," c.350 B.C.

The following are just some thoughts related to a question---is democracy (the word comes from Greek words meaning "rule by the people") the best political order that can exist?

The democratic idea of the government as representative of the people fosters the attitude in the public mind that the government and the country are essentially one---and it is this idea that dulls resistance to war, for if you don't support the war it is taken to mean you therefore seemingly don't support your country! Speaking of war, horrible wars have been fought in modern times specifically (we are told) to further the cause of democracy in this world.
The democratic idea lends an aura of legitimacy to any action of government once it is sold as "the will of the people." So if a clear majority wanted to have the wealth of a minority confiscated, this violation of rights would be considered legitimate with those under the spell of democracy! Democracy seems inherently to steer people's minds away from prioritizing individual rights. If "the people" have spoken or a "common good" rationale is given by those supposedly representing the public, then any power the government is capable of possessing seems warranted. Conceivably, "enemies of the people" might even be executed.
The holy sacrament of the democratic religion is the vote. Most citizens in the democracy feel they have done their duty in participating by simply voting for either candidate A or B, or this or that measure. If they wanted candidate B, but got A, or a measure passed they did not want, they are relatively resigned about it. They did, after all, confer legitimacy to candidate A (for example) ---even though they wanted candidate B--- simply by the act of voting. Little thought is given as to why no candidate C was presented as a viable option.
Any candidate or party seeking a plurality of votes is naturally going to have a tendency to appeal to the lowest common denominator of public intelligence and/or those who are most susceptible of what amounts to bribery in the form of receiving redistributed wealth via government. Exceptionally intelligent people or especially productive people are minorities generally speaking, therefore, they tend to make up a smaller overrall vote count. Consider the ramifications on policy of this.