chadlupkes on Nostr: The issue is a Yin/Yang with all the colors of the wind. Everything feeds on itself ...
The issue is a Yin/Yang with all the colors of the wind. Everything feeds on itself and each other. Our electoral system in the US was designed to be first past the post because we didn't have time to develop systems like RCV or Proportional Representation. And it takes money to run, which means you have to get money to run, the more the money the higher the probability of winning, and it's a downward spiral from there.
The best book on real democracy that I've read is the Tao of Democracy, with the idea that representatives should be chosen at random from the populace to serve a term, run for reelection to see if they have done a good job, with a max of 12 years in a chamber, House, Senate, Oval Office, Court Bench, etc. Any shorter than that and we see staff taking over, any longer and it just becomes an oligarchy.
The source of ALL our fiat debt based economic problems is budget deficits, and at least at the federal level where it counts absolutely NOBODY is talking about what it would take to balance the budget and keep it balanced.
The best book on real democracy that I've read is the Tao of Democracy, with the idea that representatives should be chosen at random from the populace to serve a term, run for reelection to see if they have done a good job, with a max of 12 years in a chamber, House, Senate, Oval Office, Court Bench, etc. Any shorter than that and we see staff taking over, any longer and it just becomes an oligarchy.
The source of ALL our fiat debt based economic problems is budget deficits, and at least at the federal level where it counts absolutely NOBODY is talking about what it would take to balance the budget and keep it balanced.