True we all owe some form of gratitude to having Democracy as opposed to the tyrants we can still see in some countries. But on the other hand in Judaism we do not have a democratic system according to the Torah. Our lives are ruled and guided according to the teachings of the Written and Oral Torah and enforced by the Jewish court. Also we have a King as described in the Torah. So what is wrong with a democracy that the Torah didn't prescribe for us such a government system?
I think one basic difference in the way the Torah wants us to live and the way the democratic system is set up is a fundamental point worth pondering upon. According to the Torah we are servants of G_D and we must follow His will. As the sages say the true freedom comes from within the Torah.
Democracy on the other hand comes from a premise that man is not a servant to anyone but to himself. Democracy basically preaches that you are free to do what even you want as long as it does not harm another in accordance to rules made up by the people's representatives. Because of this we find so many various forms of court cases trying to fight concepts within law that some feel are against their personal freedom. Since there're some who decide to deny that there is G_D so they make court cases to fight mentioning G_D's name.
Morality is no more of an issue as is ethics. Right and wrong is not an issue anymore in democracy rather the question is if it is "my right" or not.
Instead of abortion being an issue murder it becomes the woman's right. The court is not a place to decide on this rather ask the truly qualified Rabbi, who is a true Talmudic scholar, if it is murder or not.
The death penalty becomes very emotionally heated but this to is a question for the true Talmudic Scholar. When Ronald Reagan as president there was a question about the death penalty. He sent a question to the Famous Rabbi Moshe Fienstien of blessed memory asking his opinion on the matter from a Jewish point of view. Rabbi Fienstiens response is printed in his work of response.
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