Well, maybe we can get back to being a Republic, then. It was never intended to be a democracy.
You're right, our Founding Fathers recognized that a pure democracy was nothing but "mob rule" and took steps to prevent our Republic from becoming a pure democracy. However, it didn't take the Democrats long to defeat those democracy prevention steps and now only one remains: The Electoral College. When, and if, the Democrats can defeat that step, we'll become as close to a pure democracy as a country can get.