Gomaer, we are not a democracy. We are a Republic. A Democracy would be, if it existed, strict majority rule, with nothing to protect the rights of the individual, or of minorities, against a tyranical majority if they desired to trample individual rights or minority rights.
A Republic, on the other hand, runs through a constitution which, in our case, was written by men who examined forms of government and saw that people were not basically good and therefore needed a system by which they could rule themselves but which also kept them in check. This was so that it could not advance too far in either of the directions - either a tyrannical and unchecked majority or a tyrannical elite rule.
I am not a political person, so if I've made a mistake, someone can correct me.
But what I see in these angry protests is special interest groups banding together to try to be a tyrannical majority by their numbers. They think they would be happier in a Democracy but what would in fact happen if they got their wish is chaos (because people are not basically good and need checks.) This is why the founders went for a republic, with representaives and with checks and balances instead of a Democracy. They didn't want either an elite rule to develop NOR did they want a tyrannical majority rule. Either of these can trample individual rights.