Aristocracy

IntroductionI would like to begin by thanking WilliamsP for giving me his rebuttals. As there is a lot to cover, I will get started.However, I would like to state that my arguments will not be very long. I have many obligations, as I am finishing finals and essays for school. If I had more time, my arguments would be much better. I appoligize.Rebuttals"As an Aristocracy is a government of the best or privileged, the people who are running that government are surely worthy and they surely know what they are doing. An Aristocracy will surely succeed due to the "best" and "privileged" people in office. Why would they be chosen to run the government if they were not worthy? Tell me that."Allow me to show the full definition of the word 'Aristocracy'. It seems that when I gave the definition in round 1, by opponent did not do the research on his own by looking at the source I cited, as most debaters should get into the habit of doing.the highest social class in some countries : the people who have special titles (such as duke and duchess ), who typically own land, and who traditionally have more money and power than the other people in a society Looking at this definition, one can see that in an Aristocracy, people do not pick who leads this. It is not a democracy. It appears that my opponent does not entirely know what an Aristocracy is. If he knew, he would not have asked about why people would choose people that are not worthy. It is quite unfortunate that this has occurred, for it means a loss for my opponent. He seems to have failed to research what an Aristocracy actually is."Geniocracy and Meritocracy would be effective forms of government. My opponent himself supports Geniocracy ... He himself said in his debate, "As you can see, there is a direct correlation between great leadership and intelligence. Not only that, but there is also a correlation between responsibility and intelligence, common sense and intelligence, and logic and intelligence"An Aristocracy and a Geniocracy are very different. In an Aristocracy, wealthy land owners have power, whether they are intelligent or not. In a Geniocracy, intelligent people have power, whether they are wealthy or not. I do not see why my opponent is making an impossible conparison."I would like to devote a part of my argument to comparing Democracy and Aristocracy. Dictionary.com provides the following definition for Democracy:"[G]overnment by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the peopleandexercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." [4] Most Americans tend to assume that Democracy/Republic is the best form of government, but I refuse to believe that. I do believe that people should exercise their rights through representative government, but what if that is simply not the best choice?"It's certainly a better choice than allowing the wealthy, lazy people leading. I would prefer to have a say in my government. In an Aristocracy, the only way to make a change is to rebel, which is what happened in Russia in 1917.ConclusionAs this is all the arguments my opponent made, I have nothing more to refute. I await my opponent's rebuttals of my rebuttals. Following that, I will get to refuting his rebuttals. Again, I appoligize for not making my arguments as long as I could. This will not occur in the future. I patiently await his rebuttals.Works Cited1. http://www.merriam-webster.com...