Honestly, I do agree with you on that but I also feel like any “system” is just never going to be the answer. The big lesson of all those Nepalis electing their new government over Discord isn’t that Discord is the way, it is that if huge numbers of people are engaged and willing to fight for what they need and then engage to set up something sensible, there’s a pretty good chance they’ll get it.
The American people – almost all of them, not 100% but the great majority – have just been checked out of the concept of being involved in making sure their country runs right for too many decades now for things to stay on the rails.
Honestly, I do agree with you on that but I also feel like any “system” is just never going to be the answer. The big lesson of all those Nepalis electing their new government over Discord isn’t that Discord is the way, it is that if huge numbers of people are engaged and willing to fight for what they need and then engage to set up something sensible, there’s a pretty good chance they’ll get it.
The American people – almost all of them, not 100% but the great majority – have just been checked out of the concept of being involved in making sure their country runs right for too many decades now for things to stay on the rails.