Speech Theories #8

When someone goes to read the constitution the first words they are going to read are… “We The People” shows that we are a country that is founded and given power from the people. I chose number 8 agreeing heavily with Mr. Steve Shiffrin in that the government deserves to be questioned by its people.

For instance if a government were to not interact with its people and was to only do things that the government feels is good… we wouldn't have our democracy it would be a modern day monarchy in the US. The United States is founded on the principle that the people would question and agree or disagree with the government, they are not supposed to be friends, they are supposed to give us the people the best chance at a thriving country. The people are to impose our ideals and make the government decide what is possible and reachable; we the people are the ones who create the law, establish who's in office, and create the foundation for a functioning government. The government does not function without the people.

For example, we have political parties. The democratic party and the republican party are both platforms of ideals, Ideals that are reflected by the people who we elect to take office because we believe they are going to do what “we” or “I” would do. The US government would not function if the people did not impose our ideals and voice on the government, we would be corrupt if we didn't.

There's no way that the government could make all the right choices, if they did then that would be a miracle. The citizens are what make the change, create laws, or start differences, not the one person who has done things only their way for the last 20 years. The people create the protest, the protest creates riot, and the riot creates the change. The people start the protest.