Why do people bother to question leaders?

You asked “Why do people bother to question leaders?” but you answered “Why don’t leaders listen when we question them?”

Regardless, any political system is going to be frustrating from time to time, and there’s never going to be a form of government that appeals to all people all the time, but taken as a whole, despite its many, many faults, the democratic republic works about as well as you could hope.

The political machine is extremely slow to change, but at least change is possible. We change our own Constitution fairly frequently, all things considered. Our civil rights are taking a beating lately, but the ability to petulantly howl to the press about wiretaps and the torture of foreign combatants is a lot better than sitting at home waiting for your neighbor to rat you out to the secret police for complaining about the government.

I’m the last person (the VERY last) who will get up and stand in the jingoist “America number one, ra ra ra” line, but I also despise the notion that there is a vast national conspiracy to keep the populace complacent and obedient. Elected officials are brought to their knees far too often for that to be the case, and most things that can be pointed to as examples of swollen, bloated political corruption are just examples of people who aren’t very good at running a country. MTV isn’t there to keep you chained to the plow. It’s there to sell lip gloss.

because not all that are leaders… are leaders! its like when your mom use to say “IF JOHNNY JUMPED OFF A CLIFF, WOULD YOU!” remember there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers & the people who answer them

the title was too attract intelligent peoples’ answers such as yours

ps theres no room for love in a modern sky…