| JPL78 said: I think the main problem we have is lobbyist. Billionaires and powerful corperations shouldn't be able to buy and control our shitty corrupt legislators. When large majority's of the American people want certain things and our so called "representatives" vote against these things our system is completely failing. Then furthermore so many of them are able to stay in power for 40 plus years wii no real threat of being removed because of blatant districting abuse.... we have so many problems in this country. |
I realize that's a convenient and appealing explanation because it makes a clear enemy out of unsympathetic people (the rich), but it's overly simplistic and I wouldn't even rate it as a major problem. It's not like Congress votes in secret, and career politicians don't stay in Washington for 40 years on their own say so.
The main problem in any democracy is always the population. When people are fat and stupid and just want their bread and circuses (corn and porn, in our case), "more democracy" cannot be the solution. I'm afraid the standard of living is going to have to take a precipitous drop before America pulls its head out of the Doritos bag and any change can take place. Even then, you'll just have a bunch of angry people who have been systematically infantilized, so nothing good is likely to come of it. Simple people want simple solutions and lazy people want easy solutions, but there aren't any to be had.
