Democracy(for English)

Democracy has been an integral part of the government of most countries today. However, is democracy really as fabulously flawless as they say?
Well, personally, I believe not. Democracy, like everything else, isn't perfect. Firstly is the most obvious problem of all: is majority always right? Is it? I don't think so. Allow me to digress from the issue of democracy to this particular question. Throughout the ages, there has been so many of cases where majority is not making the correct decisions. Lets think about racial and religious discrimination. To be able to discriminate and condemn an entire race or religion, the former must usually be the majority.
For example in Sri Lanka. The Tamils, who are the minority, are discrimated against by the Sinhalese, causing much conflict that caused a decline of the country's economy and stunted her development. Is majority always right? I don't think so.
This leads to another problem. The government knows the country best most of the time, and when their decisions clash with the wishes of the majority of the citizens, what should they do? Risk getting voted out of the government and continue with their plans, or let the citizens decide and neglect the country's development?
And this brings us to another problem. The government will of course want to remain in their high position as the 'rulers', and many would do things like giving out subsidies during election periods to please the people, and to get more votes. This would cause many citizens to vote for the current government again, regardless of their efficiency.
And, when the minority is unhappy with the choice of the majority, conflict might very well occur.
However, democracy is still the only choice that we have.
Look at China for example. Centuries and ago, the throne went to the children of the emperor, regardless of their merit. This caused the downfall of almost every dynasty, due to some form of inefficiency or another. With democracy, the people can see which leader leads the best, and when a government is causing a decline of the country's overall development, they can vote them out before permanent damage is done.
I therefore feel that democracy, for all its flaws, is still the best way of deciding how a country is run. Selective democracy, whereby the more crucial decisions are made by the government, who know better, is the way to go.
Selective democracy would allow decisions like overseas investments to be made by the government. This is because most citizens would not have the ability to plan for such decisions, unlike the government. However, it would be crucial to inform the people of such decisions before they're made, to allow for some advocacy.
Other decisions, however, like the election of government, would be the citizens' right.
Therefore, I really don't think there is an alternative to democracy, and the success of democracy lies in the extent that the citizens are allowed to decide.