If you have been watching the game of national politics recently, you might have become surprised by how our leaders in Washington D.C. are running the country. A famous observer once voiced the follo

If you have been watching the game of national politics recently, you might have become surprised by how our leaders in Washington D.C. are running the country. A famous observer once voiced the following declaration based on the idea that the position of a ruler is so important, and we the people rarely know enough about the ruler to make a good choice, then certainly the ruler should not be chosen by the common vote (the electoral process): "If it is inconceivable to choose a ship captain, a pilot, a carpenter, or a musician by voting, then it should certainly be even more unthinkable to use this method to choose a leader or head of state!" Using this statement as a reference, why should we vote at all? Why not go back to the old method of having the elites in society choose a modern king or queen to rule over all of us? Please try to answer the above questions in your discussion. Please try to be thorough and detailed, put some good effort into it (explain it to me).