Off-Topic Elections

[John Adams]

Let me make it crystal clear to prevent any further evasion. The right to vote in an election to determine a government. Do people have that right or not?

Clarification is not evasion.

But reguardless, now that you have asked a question, let me do my best to answer it.

No.

Unless they are educated, they can be too easily swayed into voting for something that would be bad for them.

In truth, however, I do not know.

Minor officals, I can see that not being too big of a problem.

However, the head of the state?

Unless everyone in in the state is educated, and so more able to vote for their own best interests, I would say no.

If a government is in the best interests of the people, and the most capable people in it are currently in it, an election with the possibility of less capable (and thus, possibly harmful) people running in it, would be a bad suggestion for the people.

We are talking about an ideal government in this situation. In real world terms, the only way to ensure that a government does not maintain its' power (if it is bad), over people, is to allow them to vote in the government process.

However, this is detrimental, in that, if a capable head of government ever did get elected, they could just as easily get de-elected, and thus, prevented from maximising their abilities.

~John