[throwaway1967]

First of all, the US is an Oligarchy, not a Democracy:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

So whatever the "majority of the population wants" doesn't count, period.

Second of all, if you really believe the US isn't ruled by a secret cabal, like so many US Presidents and other important US politicians have warned us about since before Andrew Jackson, I'm sorry to say but it just makes you come across as ahistorical.