We don’t have patients vote on the best course of treatment: we leave that to doctors.
We don’t have passengers vote on the best way to get a ship from point A to point B: we leave that to captains.
So why, in a democracy, do we have citizens vote on how best to steer the “ship of state”?
In other words, . . .
“Shouldn’t we leave governing our country to experts?”
Write a two-page essay (double-spaced, 12-pt font) on this question. You don’t have to cite references, but you do have to discuss arguments pro and con!
why, in a democracy, do we have citizens vote on how best to steer the “ship of state”?
February 26th, 2017