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Aff Analogies
"Democracy is like a rising tide; it only ebbs to flood back with greater force, and soon one sees that for all its fluctuation it is always gaining ground." (Alexis de Tocqueville)

Popular Sovereignty is like a bunch of children choosing which fast food restaraunt. Since most everybody said they wanted to go to Wendy's they go to Wendy's

Negates Popular Sovereignty

"Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.” -Larry Flynt

Nice explanation/ analogy to understand legitimacy

The American political theorist Robert A. Dahl explained legitimacy as a reservoir; so long as the water is at a given level, political stability is maintained, if it falls below the required level, political legitimacy is endangered.[5]

I believe this could enhance a negative argument that discredits the affirmative idea that Popular Sovereignty should be considered more than individual rights as a way to determine legitimacy. You would argue that their needs to be a balance between acknowledging both individual rights and popular sovereignty in order for a government to be legitimate. Valuing Popular Sovereignty above individual rights would upset this balance and the water would fall below a required level.

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popular sovereignty is like a pair of hand-me-downs, the mom and older sibling are content because they save money and get clothes they like, and the younger sibling has to live with it because it is the best choice for the entire family.

popular sovereignty is also exemplified in a suicide bomber. He is forced to sacrifice his life so that the whole army has a better chance of winning.

Analogy that supports resolution. Capitalism is what supports the resolution.

Communism- You worked on your costume all month, you are trick-or-treating and you have a big bag of candy. You stop at this house and there is this kid who didn't work on his costume at all and has a little bit of candy. The person at that house sees that you have a lot of candy and he has a little. She takes some candy from your bag and puts it into the other kid's bag. That's communism.

Capitalism- Is where you can keep all your candy.

The idea of popular sovreignty, where people determine who will lead the nation, can be campared to an exploration, the people going will appoint a leader who is more knowledgable or a better leader than the others members of said expedition.

Individual rights are like the laws of nature, everything is free to express itself as long as it does not break a law or right.

Popular sovereignty

Popular sovereignty is to government as parents are to children.
So basically popular sovereignty helps and guides the government as parents help children.

An Analogy to support the Affirmative:

A house can't float a hundred feet in air without some type of support. A government can't rule over a nation without there support.

Analogy for individual rights.

If you are thrown into an arena with a hungry lion, you will most likely be eaten. However, if you throw that lion a juicy chunk of meat he will hold off eating you and be pacified with that chunk of meat. As long as there's meat, the lion will not eat you. Take the meat away and you're toast. Popular sovereignty is the same way. Unless the government gives it individual rights it will be devoured.

individual rights

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

Affirmative.
Chain mail armor is only effective if all of its links are perfectly connected. One misconnection could mean the death of the wearer. It is the same with America. If even one of us is not joined as one, it could result in a fatal blow to the country.

Negative.
If anyone has ever seen a rainbow, they know that the multiple colors make it beautiful. It is not enchanting because it is one long stripe of blue or red. Its varying mixes of color create a contrast that makes us all smile. Now consider America. Would you rather be a rainbow of varying culture and peoples, all with certain inalienable rights? or one stripe of the majority vote that completely excludes the minority? Even if it is not noticeable, yellow green is in a rainbow. Without it, the transition from yellow to green would be abrupt and ugly, instead of transitioning well between the two. America's minorities do the same thing, but for peoples of varying races.

>Picture the population of the US building the capitol building.
>Instead of Thomas Jefferson writing the declaration of independence, or James Madison writing the constitution, have the entire population write it.

Neg,
Popular sovreignity is like the space shuttle: if one little part decides to fail, it starts a cascade.

A nation without individual rights is like a house without a roof.