Are we so blind to not see that there are better forms of government?
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If you are writing about the USA, I am impressed that the voters apparently jerked W's chain.\n\nOf course they elected the douche bag in the first place.\n\nMaybe some sort of meritocracy? What do you suggest?
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No, actually I think most people aren't educated in understanding how the system works, so they blindly blame "The Government", and when talking about business, "The MAN", and then blame others for their own lack of ethics and effort.  I've worked with a number of government officials, and usually they're surprised more people don't run for office, though they understand some of the reluctance because of the ignorant complaining people have about public officials while the complainers sit on their couches eating junk food and mistaking the local news for reality.\n\nNo, the system still works.  It's our schools that need to do a better job with the ignorant few who feel they know better than people who've served their country most of their lives.
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I'm certainly open to exploring the idea, especially the healthcare side of it. America has become close-minded and slow to evolve compared to Europe, Canada and Australia. If we think our form of government is the best there'll ever be and never strive for more ... well then, we'll just flounder and implode like every other empire.\n\nPeople hear the word "communism" and they think it's a religion or form of government. Noooo, it's an economic system, and if they'd actually READ something like Marx and Engel's "Communist Manifesto," they'd have a clue what said gentlemen had in mind. It may not have worked in practice, but there are IDEAS there of significant value, and we can't write them all off just because they're associated with something other than capitalism.\n\nMcCarthy is dead; move on.
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Nope. Greed and charity exists in all of us. To eliminate greed would require a dictatorship capable of stripping the rights of citicens to express such human traits.   \n\nDemocracy and Capitalism is the framework only. Individuals are what keep the US from becoming a dictatorship. It is incumbent on us as voters to pay attention to what our leaders are saying. Are they playing politics and following the money and power trail or are they going to do what is right even if it might cost them an election.  \n\nAs voters we must hold our leaders accountable by voting them out of office when they become greedy or selfish. Some Democrats are worse than Republicans and some Republicans are worse than Democrats. \n\nIf your party lets you down then get involved and shake things up. But don't be fooled into thinking that a form of government that does not relish your vote will somehow respect its peoples rights. Our leaders can be voted out. If you really want to improve our way of government start a bi-partisian movement for congressional term limits.
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I don’t believe so.  However, many believe that we already live in an Oligarchy where most or all political power is controlled by a small segment of society.
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Yes, let's create a branch of government for everyone.  Let's not fix the issue on our own, such as where we spend our money or who we vote for.  It's probably best if we just create more government to solve all of our problems.
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A representative government has proven itself to be the best form of government.  No arguing that.  The US also has capitalism going for it.
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the government is supposed to be the channel to the people from their own country to represent their (the people) voices. and the government is supposesdly to guide the people, to unite them, to serve the people to bring out peace in the world.\n\nbut the government system has been deteriorated nowadays, and like you said, it has helped the rich to be more richer and somehow it tends to lose focus on the objectives of the government system itself. and the poorer gets oppressed now and then.\n\nno government is right in this world. we just have to deal with it and live our life by our own rules at the end of the day.
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Absolutely. The system is inherently flawed in many ways. However, my main criticism stems from the deep polarization that this system causes within the country. It's like two major religions duking it out. Everyone is far more interested in pointing out what the "other side's" flaws are than in doing anything productive, and consequentially things rarely get done. There is a pervasive "my side is right no matter what" mentallity, and I for one am sick of it. When you have some free time, read some of my other posts. Occasionaly, my answers only display my bizzare sense of humor, but most of them offer a balanced perspective. Many of them directly relate to this topic. Good question!
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=====================\nThere's a quote by Winston Churchill that says something like: "Democracy is the worst form of government - except for all the others."\n\nRepresentative government means that people elect people to represent them in government.  \n\nIts advantage is that everyone is involved in government activities.  Everyone works and fights for the same cause.  Representative governments supposedly give everybody a chance to succeed and have their problems in the world resolved.  Supposedly, there are checks and balances so that no one group takes power and uses it against others.  That's why we have 3 branches - executive, legislative and judicial.  You have different people making laws, different people enforcing the laws, and different people judging whether or not the laws and their enforcement fit the Constitution.\n\nNow please do your own homework, silly!  Make it up if you have to.
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We clearly have the best form of government in the world today.\nHowever, we have allowed our government to become embedded with life-time politicians that are manipulated by too many outside companies or groups that want to promote their own agenda, whether it is good for the country or not.\n\nI believe we really need to limit the terms of all government officials. We only allow the President to serve 2 terms, yet we allow our Senators and Congressman to serve life terms. This doesn't make sense. Terms need to be uniform for all politicians in the federal government. Two four-year terms should be the maximum anyone can serve.
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Democracy is the best we've had so far.  I would like to see more direct democracy in the future.\n\nThe converse of democracy is a dictatorship.  There are many advantages to a dictatorship as well.  Countries with dictatorships essentially take a greater gamble.  A democracy will never vote in the best leader for a country, because the average IQ and political knowledge of a country is not great enough to make this decision.  A dictatorship with a perfect leader would enjoy a strong government for the leader's lifetime.\n\nThe problem with a dictatorship is that when a bad leader is in place, or when power gets the better of them, the country is stuck with them.\n\nKeep in mind that the most deadly dictator of our time, Hitler, was born out of a German democracy.  Now, Hitler never won more than 37% of the vote.  Somehow, the majority government fell and handed the power to him by default.  \n\nAll I can say is that we still have a lot to learn about what makes a great government system.\n\n\np.s...I agree with the comments about communism, but must mention that this is a separate issue from democracy.  A Democratic Communist state could theoretically exist, and it may just happen in the future.  Keep in mind that it may be much ado about nothing.  We call ourselves a Capitalist state, but are far from the true meaning of Capitalist.  All in all, we are a mild socialist state.   Likewise, a future Democracic Communist state would likely not be a true communist state, but simply a stronger form of socialist state.\n\nIe.,,,the possible futures of China or Russia.
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democracy is the best, but could stand some improvement. it lets the people help decide what they want. beats having a million unhappy citizens
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Let me guess...You're a Democrat.\nYou do raise a good point though.You would think that with the technology we have today we could come up with a better system.
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Yes it is, only private cos can make rapid progress with less interference from the bureaucrats. That way they can function smoothly and offer us world class airports which can be pride for any country. \n\nGovernment attitude is generally straight jacket and does not have any creativity and innovation.
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The best government is starting to be possible -\n\nAn Earth council to guide and stengthen countries' and unions' governments which are working together. A goal of which will be to encourage into partnership the various countries that are alienating themselves today through mostly paranoia.\n\nNot too long ago, counties/ prefectures / states ( different countries have different names for the areas within its borders ) were at war. This now seems very silly, that people from the same country would be at all out war. It happened.\nThose areas now are governed by a central uniting government which is based in the capital city.\n\nAs countries people are intertwined much more now, the governmeants of countries are working together more and more. Notice standards of living are at an all time high around the planet.\n\nEurope now has a young government to oversee all the countries within Europe. The United States of America has a unifying government. Canada and Australia have strong ties to the U.K. and the queen. So already the is a vast amount of land and a multitude of people all cooperating with and benefiting from this partnership.\n\nAs we move into the future the planets peoples are becoming ever more interconnected and we enevitably rely on each other for basic necessities. Therefore the best government is the one that brings all the Earths governments together for the benefit of all people.
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yes sadly they are very relevent if not prophetic of our present and past government.\nNot many changes ssince then huh!