Democracy allows us to do what?

Democracy allows us to correct our own mistake. as in this the main power is with the citizens so if they make a wrong choice in choosing the representative then it can be changed. they can vote others and the mistake would be corrected.

it allows us to correct their own mistakes

Explanation:

There's defintiley no guarantee that mistakes can't be made in  democracy. The advantage in a democracy is that mistakes can't be hidden for a  very long. There's a space for public discussion on these specific mistakes, as well as room for correction. Either the rulers have to change their decisions, or the rulers can be changed.