Who Benefits from Democracy?

I have started to question if my vote for a "representative" means anything. The pervasive opinion of the day is that "majority rules." I have become frustrated that so many issues are being handled by our "representatives" that take away rights and liberties of individuals. The "representatives" use the fact that they were elected by "the majority" and "it's what the people want" to justify their actions and completely ignore the Constitution and the protection of individual liberties. We have lost the checks and balances of our original Consitutional Republic and our individual rights and liberties are no longer protected from the ravages of "the majority." It appears the mindset of "We the People" has become to increasingly sacrifice our individual liberties for the sake of "false" altruism and "false" security. We sacrifice liberty under the false notion that

• government involvement and intervention in the health care market will improve the health of the people
• government can save us from ourselves and knows better how to solve problems than free markets
  
• wealth redistribution is the fair thing to do
  
• government can protect us better by intruding in our lives by using unconstitutional "pre-emptive detainment" techniques.
• the government must intervene to "save the economy" with stimulus and illegally taking over private companies.
  

The government powers expanded during one administration with one "majority group" cheering the expansion on, can also be used by the next with a different "majority group" cheering.

The "majority" is fickle and one day wants one thing while another day they want another. But it seems that the government is always too willing to grow its powers to satisfy the majority.

In the end, we must ponder "who benefits from democracy?"