We should have every public official determined by popular election of the general public.
Supreme Court Judges, Ambassadors, head of the EPA, dog, catcher, all of them.
Then we would reach the leftist goal of being a true democracy.
Why not?
Discuss...
Is that what you REALLY want? A “true” democracy? Rule of the mob? There is a reason that a REPUBLIC was put in place by the Founding Fathers: to avoid tyranny of the majority. If you want a democracy, head to Europe or elsewhere. We are a constitutional republic (at least we used to be) and not a democracy.
End of discussion.
There is also supposed to be a balance between majority rule and the rights of the individual. Today there is no majority rule, it is all the rule of the individual, unless you are part of the majority. The popular vote of the low information voter lead to this mess because we can vote for ourselves and our own money. In the beginning the vote should have been for the state, or what was good for the nation. This nation is no longer Christian where we believed it was good to think of others first. Until the people realize that they are actually a part of this nation and it is not all about them, politics will continue to cater to the selfishness of the individual.
Absolutely not. I would not trust my neighbors to elect a dog-catcher... they will (as they have twice already) sooner elect a dog-eater.