Question

Following Yeshayahu's reflections, I came across a quote of his that says this:
 "There is no greater distortion of the concept of democracy than the assumption that the majority is authorized to decide values. What is the difference between a dictator deciding what is good and what is bad, and a crowd of people deciding that? We say that the dictator is evil or foolish, but any person can be evil and foolish. That means that the majority of people, too, can be a majority of fools and wicked people. Therefore, the inner essence of democracy is not majority rule, but a regime in which the powers of government are limited, regardless of whether it is rule by one person or rule by the majority."
It seems that Leibowitz really did not accept the concept of rule by the people. Is he actually claiming that the people have no authority to decide the state's values? Is Leibowitz basically a juristocrat who believes in a Platonic council of sages? Isn't that liberal fascism?