So... how about that Tea Party?

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Mr Khan said:

makingmusic476 said:

lostintheodyssey said:

 

All you have to do is look at history most people don't seem to act right unless they have the federal government breathing down their neck. 

How can you expect a government elected by and consisting of the people to be morally superior to the general public?  If a majority of the people don't want to act this way, then why are they electing officials that will force them to act this way?

Because that's the nature of a Republic. We have better people than us making our choices for us, and that while the People are responsible enough to choose who should be making those choices, we are not responsible enough to make those choices ourselves. Which i agree with, largely. People can be scarily stupid, and while there needs to be a popular voice in government, true populism never really ended up well.

That isn't the nature of a Republic though.  Republic's exist because direct democracies are slow and not everbody has time to be informed on every issue.

Politicians are in no way better people... in a lot of ways they are worse people then the average person.  They're just needed.  Though less and less needed do to things like the internet and the spreading of books and of education as people find themselves more and more well informed on issues.