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As we all know, no forms of government are well designed. They all are somehow flawed, and of course, it is impossible to make anything perfect.
The American government is based off of Democracy, where all of the people have a voice in the choices the nation makes.
As an American, I know that the American government is becoming a Kleptocracy, a type of government where the government takes advantage of corruption to extend personal wealth or power. This is because of Capitalism.
Another known form of flawed government is Communism, which is also corrupted, and is known for suppressing the working class, and not granting any freedoms.
Capitalism is a form of economy where private businesses work for profit by supply and demand. Capitalism was a great idea, and perfect for the time of industrialism, but unfortunately it has become obsolete because of 2 MAJOR problems. One, it is easily exploitable, an economy that is run by capitalism can be corrupted so much because of two problems, bribery, and theft. Another, problem is that it isn't very stable. One day the economy could be booming, everyone in the nation rich, the next day, everyone is poor.
Socialism is a form of economy where wealth is spread out by how much one contributes to society. Socialists believe that Capitalism is an unfair type of economy that is too easily exploitable.
Many Americans are fighting for a Socialist economy in America, which is a generally good idea, but at the same time, many disagree because of the possibly becoming Communist. Socialism also is difficult to maintain as strong of an economy as capitalism, normally.
What we need is a new type of economic system, and maybe a new type of government.
Everyone has their own opinions on what should be included in a good government. Understandably, the government needs to be able to change as the world does, just like the American government. The normal person in western culture believes in equality, and that all people should have what they need, and no one person deserves more than another (Ironically contradicting Capitalism). Another thing that must be included are personal rights, this is included in the bill of rights in the American constitution, they are normally all agreed upon. Also, the government shouldn't rest too much power on one person/group of people; If this happens, it will for sure be exploited or corrupted. This is the major problem with the current problems with the current governments; the normal human mind will do anything for wealth and power. It is just what we genetically want.
Technocracy is an idea that professional is fields like science, health, engineering, make the decisions for their respective field. The thought behind this is that people with no experience in a certain field shouldn't be able to make decisions about it. It makes sense, but the major problem is that it, like all other governmental ideas, is that it is corruptible.
So, If we were to include this in a new government we should have something to stop it from being corrupted. My idea is that during a vote, all voters should have a say in it, but specialists should have more voting power than the normal person(In votes relating to their specialty). Another solution is that there will be a vote where everyone is equal, and another vote where the specialists have all of the power. These two polls will be averaged out for the solution. Either of these two will allow the vote to be more fair, this way the specialists can't be too powerful, and they can still voice their professional opinions. Other ways this can be incorporated, in the congress, If one state were to have X% of the Y professionals, then their vote in congress should reflect that.
The next thing that needs to be fixed is the economic setup. I already said how capitalism and socialism are broken, so what we should do is mix the good parts of each. It should be a basic capitalist economy, but what we need to do is have the state control it way more. We need the workers for these corporations to be making around as much as the management. People who invest in businesses also shouldn't be able to invest and immediately make a ton of money. To fix this, there should be a cap on how many shares one may hold on a business, proportionately to a certain ratio that is fair. As an example, Tom may own a private business in his home town of 600, because it is only worth a couple thousand dollars. But Tom shouldn't be able to own a several million dollar corporation all by himself.
Also, the State itself needs to be remade.
Unfortunately we can't have a government where the people vote for every decision. There will be too many decisions to be made for everyone to participate. So what we need are representatives. Our American society's system for voting for representatives is broken. Currently, we vote for a representative of a political party to fill the position. Political parties are ruining our current government, George Washington was right. They control what all of their followers will do when in office.
In order to be voted into office, the candidate will have to run a campaign to get votes. In order to run this campaign, they will need money. In the current situation, they get money from people who believe similar things that they do. The parties of current America will only fund a campaign for people who will do exactly what they want. People who have different opinions, even if only slight, must change them to fit into their party and be able to have a campaign. What this is causing is minorities getting completely controlled, and not being able to voice their opinions.
So what we need is a new system for electing representatives. We can't have campaigns run by people who believe similar ideas, we can't have it funded by the media. What does this mean? Campaigns either need to be funded by the state, funded by corporations, or funded by the people(Taxpayers).
We shouldn't have campaigns funded by corporations because they could just fund people that will make them richer. We shouldn't have campaigns be funded by the state because the state would just continuously fund people that have the same people who are already in the government. A slightly better idea is if the taxpayers were to fund an evenly distributed amount of money between each candidate, it would be more fair, unfortunately there are difficulties with this, because people will not like their money going to this idea. Along with that, there could be an infinite amount of people who run for an election.
Honestly, this is where I draw a blank. The best I have come up with is that the taxpayers have to pay for either a telecast or letter that goes to each person, this will list everyone who is running and what they want to do individually. This way the money will be distributed evenly between each candidate.
Of course this could be easily revised by other people, as I am writing this by myself.
The current American government is well designed otherwise, every branch is evenly checked and balanced by the other branches. But there are some other things that needs to be changed.
The current way bills are made, is that a politician makes a bill, and everyone votes on it. This is unbalanced because politicians may not understand exactly what the people or professionals want. A way this can be fixed is a simple idea. Anyone can make a bill. Unfortunately one problem with this is there could be way too many bills. So, what should happen is that it should go through committees just like the bills politicians currently make. These committees should contain professionals and other peers, at a 1:1 ratio. If the bills are turned down, they are revised and voted upon again. If they pass, they move up in the congress. These smaller committees should be more local than the capital, also.
With these ideas incorporated into the government, it would become much more fair, and less corruptible.
-X13
The American government is based off of Democracy, where all of the people have a voice in the choices the nation makes.
As an American, I know that the American government is becoming a Kleptocracy, a type of government where the government takes advantage of corruption to extend personal wealth or power. This is because of Capitalism.
Another known form of flawed government is Communism, which is also corrupted, and is known for suppressing the working class, and not granting any freedoms.
Capitalism is a form of economy where private businesses work for profit by supply and demand. Capitalism was a great idea, and perfect for the time of industrialism, but unfortunately it has become obsolete because of 2 MAJOR problems. One, it is easily exploitable, an economy that is run by capitalism can be corrupted so much because of two problems, bribery, and theft. Another, problem is that it isn't very stable. One day the economy could be booming, everyone in the nation rich, the next day, everyone is poor.
Socialism is a form of economy where wealth is spread out by how much one contributes to society. Socialists believe that Capitalism is an unfair type of economy that is too easily exploitable.
Many Americans are fighting for a Socialist economy in America, which is a generally good idea, but at the same time, many disagree because of the possibly becoming Communist. Socialism also is difficult to maintain as strong of an economy as capitalism, normally.
What we need is a new type of economic system, and maybe a new type of government.
Everyone has their own opinions on what should be included in a good government. Understandably, the government needs to be able to change as the world does, just like the American government. The normal person in western culture believes in equality, and that all people should have what they need, and no one person deserves more than another (Ironically contradicting Capitalism). Another thing that must be included are personal rights, this is included in the bill of rights in the American constitution, they are normally all agreed upon. Also, the government shouldn't rest too much power on one person/group of people; If this happens, it will for sure be exploited or corrupted. This is the major problem with the current problems with the current governments; the normal human mind will do anything for wealth and power. It is just what we genetically want.
Technocracy is an idea that professional is fields like science, health, engineering, make the decisions for their respective field. The thought behind this is that people with no experience in a certain field shouldn't be able to make decisions about it. It makes sense, but the major problem is that it, like all other governmental ideas, is that it is corruptible.
So, If we were to include this in a new government we should have something to stop it from being corrupted. My idea is that during a vote, all voters should have a say in it, but specialists should have more voting power than the normal person(In votes relating to their specialty). Another solution is that there will be a vote where everyone is equal, and another vote where the specialists have all of the power. These two polls will be averaged out for the solution. Either of these two will allow the vote to be more fair, this way the specialists can't be too powerful, and they can still voice their professional opinions. Other ways this can be incorporated, in the congress, If one state were to have X% of the Y professionals, then their vote in congress should reflect that.
The next thing that needs to be fixed is the economic setup. I already said how capitalism and socialism are broken, so what we should do is mix the good parts of each. It should be a basic capitalist economy, but what we need to do is have the state control it way more. We need the workers for these corporations to be making around as much as the management. People who invest in businesses also shouldn't be able to invest and immediately make a ton of money. To fix this, there should be a cap on how many shares one may hold on a business, proportionately to a certain ratio that is fair. As an example, Tom may own a private business in his home town of 600, because it is only worth a couple thousand dollars. But Tom shouldn't be able to own a several million dollar corporation all by himself.
Also, the State itself needs to be remade.
Unfortunately we can't have a government where the people vote for every decision. There will be too many decisions to be made for everyone to participate. So what we need are representatives. Our American society's system for voting for representatives is broken. Currently, we vote for a representative of a political party to fill the position. Political parties are ruining our current government, George Washington was right. They control what all of their followers will do when in office.
In order to be voted into office, the candidate will have to run a campaign to get votes. In order to run this campaign, they will need money. In the current situation, they get money from people who believe similar things that they do. The parties of current America will only fund a campaign for people who will do exactly what they want. People who have different opinions, even if only slight, must change them to fit into their party and be able to have a campaign. What this is causing is minorities getting completely controlled, and not being able to voice their opinions.
So what we need is a new system for electing representatives. We can't have campaigns run by people who believe similar ideas, we can't have it funded by the media. What does this mean? Campaigns either need to be funded by the state, funded by corporations, or funded by the people(Taxpayers).
We shouldn't have campaigns funded by corporations because they could just fund people that will make them richer. We shouldn't have campaigns be funded by the state because the state would just continuously fund people that have the same people who are already in the government. A slightly better idea is if the taxpayers were to fund an evenly distributed amount of money between each candidate, it would be more fair, unfortunately there are difficulties with this, because people will not like their money going to this idea. Along with that, there could be an infinite amount of people who run for an election.
Honestly, this is where I draw a blank. The best I have come up with is that the taxpayers have to pay for either a telecast or letter that goes to each person, this will list everyone who is running and what they want to do individually. This way the money will be distributed evenly between each candidate.
Of course this could be easily revised by other people, as I am writing this by myself.
The current American government is well designed otherwise, every branch is evenly checked and balanced by the other branches. But there are some other things that needs to be changed.
The current way bills are made, is that a politician makes a bill, and everyone votes on it. This is unbalanced because politicians may not understand exactly what the people or professionals want. A way this can be fixed is a simple idea. Anyone can make a bill. Unfortunately one problem with this is there could be way too many bills. So, what should happen is that it should go through committees just like the bills politicians currently make. These committees should contain professionals and other peers, at a 1:1 ratio. If the bills are turned down, they are revised and voted upon again. If they pass, they move up in the congress. These smaller committees should be more local than the capital, also.
With these ideas incorporated into the government, it would become much more fair, and less corruptible.
-X13
