Let the Voters Write the Ending

In a healthy republic, the people ought to choose the goal and leave the fine print to the hired scribes, not the other way around. Too often we get the noble speech about sovereignty and then the holy sermon of process, where ordinary folks are handed a ballot and the insiders keep the pen.

Moses Pray would call that a fine way to turn democracy into a lease agreement written by somebody who expects the tenant to pay for the fountain pen. If the people choose the meal, the suits can stop acting like they invented dinner. Public power should smell a little like bread and labor, not a boardroom polishing its own halo.