Quote Originally Posted by Garland
Presidents are like parents. The people are like children. Good parents aren't ruled by their children - they don't buy every single toy on the storeshelf that catches their kids' whim. They know when that horrible tasting medicine is necessary. Electing a president that does whatever the people want is like having parents that don't make their kid stricken with pneumonia take the bitter medicine because the kid doesn't like the taste. Being popular isn't always a good thing, because the general population is largely ignorant on what it takes to be a world leader.
I disagree, the entire point of democracy is to be a government of the
people. It stands to reason that if 200 million people think something is
right or wrong, that should hold some weight. If a president simply ignores
the 200 million people then he is a dictator, he is no longer representing
the people. Calling the president a parent is silly. Remember, you have to
be over 18 to vote, at 18 you're a legal adult and you no longer have to
do what your parents tell you as far as the law is concerned. Doesn't it
make sense that a good deal of people who are voting, many of them
who are older than the person they're voting for, may be able to make
up their minds and form solutions for themselves rather than having
someone do it for them? Saying that the president is a parent is just
another way of calling anyone who's not in politics children.

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