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I think you're absolutely right. It's frightening that there are so many wrongs happening in society today yet nobody seems to be able to stop them from happeni
by president 7y ago
I think you're absolutely right. It's frightening that there are so many wrongs happening in society today yet nobody seems to be able to stop them from happening. I'm not sure what has gone wrong here but I suspect it all stems from deep-rooted corruption in our leaders and institutions.
- 12xo 7y agoIts not corruption per se its perversion. Honor and integrity have been usurped by greed, money and power. As long as money = speech and corporations are considered constituents, the issue will prevail. The real solution is to outlaw campaign contributions and lobbying... But that's not going to happen as long as the foxes are guarding the hen house.
- momokoko 7y agoOne of the unfortunate side effects of significantly reducing the power of democratically elected governments is that while the government has less power to do damage, it also less power to correct wrongs.
- donw 7y agoI think it's a pretty far stretch to say that the power of the Federal government has been "significantly reduced" in the past hundred years or so. Happy to hear a good counter-argument, though...?
- CamperBob2 7y agoOn the other hand, if you reduced the Federal government's power enough, it wouldn't matter who was President. The staggering amount of power we grant to the executive branch is one of several elephants in this particular room that no one really wants to talk about.