I never had faith in universal Democracy to start with. I believe in freedom and laws designed to protect them. I believe in a system constructed in a manner that keeps one evil tyrant from taking total control.
Universal Democracy is nothing but mob rule. Pander to the masses and give them what they want and they will give you their selfish support, laws be damned.
We suffer from Democracy today. Badly. And we have a tyrant that is taking ultimate advantage from it.
In this piece Brooks does not appear to address the distinction between a Constitutional Republic and raw democracy.