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Your last couple sentences sum it up nicely. Anything is possible, but not in our political climate. The two sides think of each other as mentally ill, and are
by axaxs 9y ago
Your last couple sentences sum it up nicely. Anything is possible, but not in our political climate. The two sides think of each other as mentally ill, and are to the point of violence. I hope it calms down, but in my lifetime it's only gotten worse. That needs to be fixed before we can get anything good for the nation done.
- lz400 9y agoThe best starting point is for people to agree that student loans are way past stupid at this point and a solution is needed and other countries seem to be doing well with gov run education. If everyone thought like that, things would probably follow. Politics are reactive, not proactive.
- prawn 9y agoWhat incentive is there for a politician to do the right thing on the whole? They need a broad professional support base (party) to succeed in the American voting system, which means they toe the line or go nowhere. And there are lobbyists (at best) pressuring or forcing their hand on decisions where so much money is at stake (private prisons, healthcare, education, etc). You could say that a real character or charismatic leader may emerge from outside the political system and slowly convince people to change things, but the US just got the former and I don't know that it's working very well. Brings to mind this recent story about Dwayne Johnson as a potential candidate: http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover