In Liu and Hanauer’s gardens of democracy, a metaphor referenced as the garden metaphor is used. Discussed is how we look at the economy as a giant machine that should just run smoothly with no hiccups, and will just be take care of without us. However as we look in on this metaphor we as citizens need to make the change and treat our economy like a garden. We expect it to just run on its own with no care, when we need to be tending to our garden. A garden requires gardeners, watering and care. The lack of care will cause our garden (democracy) to wither and die. Within examining how our democratic republic was founded in chapter one the ideas were mentioned as seeds. We see what the government is supposed to do and we see what citizens are
