One could argue that power wasn't dispersed throughout the population as it grew. With the advent of the computer and block chain technology, it should be possible to develop a system that can't be corrupted that does this. Of course we'll have to revisit who is allowed to exercise the right to vote, etc., as it should require "skin in the game" instead of everyone who is breathing over 18. We should vastly increase the number of representatives and senators so that special interest groups have a more difficult time co-opting them. Also ban lobbyists, etc. I'm certain it can be done but someone a lot smarter than myself is going to have to figure it out.
There are always improvements that can be made to the system, but I think the end result is inevitable: democracies and republics inevitably end up being controlled by the very rich. Think Roman Republic and the first Triumvirate. This is nothing new, the American system is a vast improvement on the Roman one and the outcome is the same. It kinda starts to sound like "well that wasn't real communism."
One could argue that power wasn't dispersed throughout the population as it grew. With the advent of the computer and block chain technology, it should be possible to develop a system that can't be corrupted that does this. Of course we'll have to revisit who is allowed to exercise the right to vote, etc., as it should require "skin in the game" instead of everyone who is breathing over 18. We should vastly increase the number of representatives and senators so that special interest groups have a more difficult time co-opting them. Also ban lobbyists, etc. I'm certain it can be done but someone a lot smarter than myself is going to have to figure it out.
There are always improvements that can be made to the system, but I think the end result is inevitable: democracies and republics inevitably end up being controlled by the very rich. Think Roman Republic and the first Triumvirate. This is nothing new, the American system is a vast improvement on the Roman one and the outcome is the same. It kinda starts to sound like "well that wasn't real communism."
"that wasn't real democracy"
"we coulda designed a better constitution"
c'mon