Justice Louis D. Brandeis once said, “The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” In my opinion this statement is completely true, I think a government in which the people do not elect government officials and thus do not have direct representation should be deemed invalid. The purpose of all government, even if the bureaucracy holds the power, is meant to serve its people. States are created, militias are formed, laws are put in place, and order is established to ensure some sort of peace and tranquility for the citizens.
Under systems of government, the people are meant to be protected. When an individual loses their right to vote, or was never given that right to begin with, they are put in danger. Without the ability to have some pull in government, to have some influence, citizens are completely under the control of a completely depersonalized, out of contact government. Without the protection that the right to vote gives an individual, to deter government from wrongful action or to alter the face of government completely, the concept of a governmental body is irrelevant.
Why would an individual or groups of people want a government if no safety or benefits came as a part of the bargain? Humans might as well take their chances and live an anarchic world. A world of anarchy would give individuals the same ensured security or privileges. Without voting government of any kind would be worse than anarchy because there is a force which can direct an individuals life. Something that American basic principle go against- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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