Democracy, in itself, is not evil. Monarchy is the best form of government, however.
I think it depends on the context, given what we know about the current state of the world and about human nature. Democracy is, as an abstract theory of political organisation, not instrinsically evil. That being said, given the effects of Original Sin, in any state that contains more than several thousand people, democracy is essentially an arrangement by which the true interests of the community are put at the discretion of avaricious, wealthy men who don't have the interests of the community at heart. Democracy as explained by the revolutionaries -- that is, the modern model of democracy practiced everywhere and always connoted by the name of the system for the past several hundred years -- is evil in itself. The simple concept of a government that involves certain members of the community having the right to introduce and vote on legislation is not evil. But within a revolutionary state, where the legitimate power is not recognised and the revolutionary sense of democracy is put forward, it is.
If I recall correctly, Leo XIII said that any government is acceptable in itself so long as it is not against the moral law. It seems to me that this excludes democracy and republics in large countries, since, almost with the regularity of a mathematical formula, we can know that the moral law will be subverted and nobody but the least scrupulous amongst the merchant class will profit from it. Spiritually, nobody will profit from it. That is one of the issues I have with Leo XIII's writings on this subject -- he, unlike Ven. Pius IX and St. Pius X, does not integrate his instructions into the obvious historical context and instead deals with the matter in strictly abstract terms. This lack of forthrightness on the question has been vigorously exploited by bad-willed liberal clerics, especially in the United States, as a papal vindication of their liberalism.
Virtually all present day governments are infested with masonry, so you will not find one which is in line with Catholic teaching. The most effective thing to do now is pray that God will soon restore Catholic order in the world. It is also needless to say that we must resist the masonic spirit which is inimical to the true faith.
Yes !
I would also recommend, curiouscatholic, making your own home a little bastion of the natural order, since the counter-revolution will not be a
contrary-revolution, but the contrary
of revolution. If you do not have your own home yet, perhaps you should get an occupation that will allow you to do this, to get a family and have a sufficient quantity of time at home with it so that you can foster its spiritual health.