Express your thoughts to the following statement: The governing body should be allowed to do whatever they feel is necessary to protect its citizens. - Ray'Jhean O'Neal

I believe the government is in place for a reason, and they are to have control over the people to a certain extent. However, if the government is only self ruling, and do not take into account the opinions if the people who they are in charge of, then I believe they are not doing their job correctly. Their priority is to protect people, but people know what they want and what is best for themselves. I think the government should do this because they do not live the same life as the people, so they may not know what can and will not work. The government should come up with a policy that they think could work, then ask they people if they agree or have the people to vote on it. In The Handmaid's Tale,  the government did not ask its people if they approved of the new changes that were going to occur. The people were obviously unhappy and the government failed and became corrupt. If real life government were to do this, then our lives would be a dystopian society.  Now, we can vote on whether or not we think a new law should be passed. If that were to stop, I believe a lot of people will not be pleased. Revolutions occur because people do not agree with the government, but they would never happen if the government was fair and open to the opinions they get from the people who have to live through the changes.