This house believes a technocracy is a better system of government than democracy

To all those following this debate, you may have observed that side proposition has only done one thing effectively : rehashing points I have already crushed and bafflingly presenting them in an even less rational way. What side-proposition calls a "slip of tongue" is simply the result of a severe lack of comprehension of the topic at hand. Inter-changing theocracy with something as vastly different as technocracy is an apparent sign of a poor grasp of the topic we are contesting. Nevertheless, I would like to point out a critical error that was made by side proposition which has gravely decreased said delegation's proficiency in this debate. Side proposition seems to be of the belief that my delegation thinks of democracy as a system that is completely perfect. We don't by any means hold that belief. This debate has simply tasked us to prove that technocracy is an inferior form of government with regards to democracy as I did in the first round and will do more strongly in this round. Our LON: Democracy undeniably carries some flaws but these are much less than those that technocracy has. Further to that, the flaws of democracy can be easily addressed and rectified whereas those of technocracy are virtually incorrigible. Take for instance a country very close to my own : South Africa. When the ANC was voted into office in 1994, there was a general improvement in the lives of native South Africans. However, after Zuma was elected in 2009, things went on a downward spiral and there was general discontent with the incumbent President. Zuma delivered on close to none of his pre-election promises. Whilst he has not been voted out of office, the South African citizens have brought him to task and positive changes are starting to occur. My point is that in a democracy, the citizens, who are the ones most affected by the decisions of office-bearers will have a say in what is going on in government. This crushes the point you raised about the elected people not living up to their promises to voters. In a technocracy, who's going to hold these people to task? The psychological testing mentioned by side proposition is at best laughable. I believe you are all aware that psychology ,even in this day and age, is astoundingly inaccurate at times. More so when one tries to find out what the intentions of another individual are. Whilst I am a firm believer in hypothetical cases, cases of this under-thought and fanciful nature are by all standards deplorable. I do not mean to offend side proposition but this measure is infinitely worse than all those we have under democracy. Side proposition seems to be of the opinion that politicians are inept because they spend time persuading people to vote for them as opposed to learning the technicalities involved in running a country. Let us bear in mind that these politicians will run the country with a cabinet. A country is not a one man band, crudely put. A wise elected leader will select a cabinet with expertise in the fields the individual ministers are responsible for. Being a leader does not require over-specialisation either. As being the president requires an array of skills such as good negotiation skills and impeccable decision making, the president does not necessarily have to be over-specialised. Side proposition erroneously stated that we "failed to tackle" some of their points. I would like to reiterate that side proposition raised no points that would give us even a modicum of difficulty to oppose. We simply left these points untouched so we can decimate them in the 3rd round which should be used solely for rebuttal under the rules ironically set by side proposition who are criticising us for making the decision. I wonder if a debater who fails to fathom the rules of the debate they have set themselves is capable of raising rational points. For answers to that, look no further than this debate. For the above reasons, we are commiserate for those who propose and we oppose with much elation and pride.