there's quite a few good books and movies out over the years about US politics
there's on movie I saw recently - which is light - but, it does probably zero in on one of the most important factors in why the US political state is so shit - and, it's to do with the election process - it's worth a watch
the movie is 'Irresistible'
the combination of what we think is democracy, capitalism and now instant communication is showing us a system that really is on the nose
IMO -- we can't change the march of communication - not without giving up freedoms ---- we can't change democracy too much - or it becomes something else - but, we can control things like how governments are built - parties and the like and how they are funded - donations and the like - and, election processes - which would attack the capitalist side of the goings on
to go a bit radical -------
we could possibly consider ditching the entire elected government side really - and, still stay with democracy -
think about it ------ what is democracy - it's government by the people, for the people - etc etc
so, why not make government made up of compulsory service - ie. like national service --------- we are all numbers in a lottery and if your number is drawn - you go to serve your community --------- it's your national service
it's no different to national service -------- when your number is drawn - you are checked to see if you are fit to serve
so, for government service - we would check to see if you can physically do it and we could check to see if you are educated enough to do it
so - you end up with a pool of people called government - and, they are representative of all your areas - and, they serve for ??? whatever - 3 or 6 years etc.
political donations are banned - and, not necessary, because there's no election process to fund
political parties - the formation of organised groups are banned - everyone is individual
it's an idea
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