oh Johnnie
"A core tenet of democracy is giving your power to government"
um John, that's core to all forms of government. It's what it means to be governed.
The alternative is anarchy, where the individual isn't subject to governance
"For instance, in a democracy, if your home is robbed - you have to trust the police and courts to solve. You can’t grab a gun and address the matter yourself."
That would depend entirely on what the democracy decided - say if there is an individual right, privilege or power in that area.
This is basic civics John
Really poor example John - If my home is being robbed (remember John, robbery is theft by use of or threat of force), in many places I can use a gun and "address the matter" as the person is committing a violent crime against me and I can defend myself.
Certainly, as a congressional candidate married to a "literal lawyer" who isn't a lawyer, John has heard of castle doctrine (not that a robbery would only fall to castle doctrine) which has provisions for enhanced use of force within a domicile....in some areas the democracy has decided this is allowable, even if *gasp* John doesn't like it
"CORRECT frustration the majority of the country feels in having a mathematical minority overrule our voting preferences."
John, were you doing ambien in civics class in middle school?
Beyond a direct democracy )which is great if you have like 4 guys, but gets sticky quickly -- say you are running an uber successful game company making quicktime events steering anorexics -- do you run that as a democracy?)
in a representative democracy or a republic a "mathematical minority" is going to be handling things. Remember, you are electing a representative.
There are times when a representative may operate against a larger majority (if their local constituency has a different opinion that the overall majority for instance or if they determine through study of the law that the avg voter didn't do that an action would be, say, unconstitutional or interferes with other laws, and so on)
Now in the event that there is an issue the polis wants to deal with an issue in a direct fashion there is, in many systems, provisions for what is called a referendum
Is any of this ringing a bell John??? maybe 7th grade? or did the miss'ippi school system ruin you in that too? (and if they did, why the holy fuck would you run for office -- or even tweet on stuff you know you are unqualified to speak on)
It’s not a recent phenomenon. The Senate, for instance, has not represented a majority of the American people since the 1990s.
um...um...John, you are correct...sort of...see that's because the Senate was never intended to represent the majority of the American people. It represents the states.
See John, we use what's called a bicameral system. The House of Representatives is tasked with legislation and is based on a population proportionality. The Senate is tasked with legislation based on representation of the STATES...
FUN FACT™ : USA stands for United...put audible on pause and read closely STATES of America. Thees states are are federated...forming a federal government. This is laid out in a document called the US Constitution
Audible does have the federalist papers IIRC so John can" read up" on how that all came about (and no John, going to see a community theatre production of Hamilton is not the same thing - even with an N95 on)