US Version of Democracy is BROKEN, can it be fixed?

[Smoblikat]

So your logic is we should just try electing new parties at random until we find a good one? I don't think that would work either.

I know one that would work if America werent so stupid:
Libertarian

 

[a777pilot]

There is nothing wrong with the form of government we have. The problem is that the American society is broken.

Remember we get the government we deserve in a democratic Republic form of government.

It is not, repeat, NOT the form of government that is broken. It is the people that are broken. I would give examples but you all know what I am right. Sad, isn't it?

 

[soulcougher73]

here is nothing wrong with the form of government we have. The problem is that the American society is broken.

Remember we get the government we deserve in a democratic Republic form of government.

It is not, repeat, NOT the form of government that is broken. It is the people that are broken. I would give examples but you all know what I am right. Sad, isn't it?

Yeah, people like you keep breaking shit...

 

[a777pilot]

Yeah, people like you keep breaking shit...

What shit have I broken?

 

[jackstar7]

What shit have I broken?

Apparently literacy... as he said "people like you".

 

[a777pilot]

Apparently literacy... as he said "people like you".

One could infer that "I" would be included in the phrase "people like you".

The question stands: "What shit have I broken?"

 

[1prophet]

You contradict yourself.

A non-broken system would be able to withstand "tinkering" without failing.

There is no system


It is people, has been people, always will be people making decisions good and bad affecting other people who hide behind an abstraction called the system so they may wash their hands clean of their mess.


The system is broken is just an excuse to do unto others the very things one wouldn't want done to themselves.

 

[Incorruptible]

Democracy != Freedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fmH5uE_2Ac

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Start by adding four words to all ballots. "None of the above"

 

[a777pilot]

Start by adding four words to all ballots. "None of the above"

The state of Nevada has that on their ballots now. The problem is there is no consequence to "None of the Above" getting any votes or even winning the vote.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

The state of Nevada has that on their ballots now. The problem is there is no consequence to "None of the Above" getting any votes or even winning the vote.

My idea is that if "none" wins the candidates are gone. Period. Elections will be held say, monthly until a body wins. It will be hell for parties until they get smart. I'm not interested in their plight.

 

[Chiropteran]

There is no system


It is people, has been people, always will be people making decisions good and bad affecting other people who hide behind an abstraction called the system so they may wash their hands clean of their mess.


The system is broken is just an excuse to do unto others the very things one wouldn't want done to themselves.

That is a weak and pointless argument.

I posit that a system could be made which doesn't ALLOW people to make decisions that cause bad for the majority of other people. People respond to incentives.

A good system encourages good behavior and good rules and laws, a broken system does not. We currently have a broken system.

 

[a777pilot]

My idea is that if "none" wins the candidates are gone. Period. Elections will be held say, monthly until a body wins. It will be hell for parties until they get smart. I'm not interested in their plight.

I totally agree and wish your plan was instituted nation way.

 

[Agent11]

Problem is people get all frustrated and say stupid things, over generalize and in the end become members of the disgruntled disenfranchised masses.

Rarely voting, they try to tune out politics as much as possible except when they emerge from their bubbles to enlighten those who still toil under the notion that politics can in some way be relevant by spouting more stupid generalities.

Because the way to fix it in 'the real world' is just too much work.

Become a Libertarian or a Green and work your ass off if you really feel that the system isn't working. That is where the reform will come from and there are many people already working for it.