It hurts me to say this, but American democracy is broken. Checks and balances have been twisted to subvert true democratic rule. We should stop worshipping t

It hurts me to say this, but American democracy is broken. Checks and balances have been twisted to subvert true democratic rule. We should stop worshipping the Founders and their intent, and aim for a Second American Republic, built around the tested and true practices of mature European republics (that have done a lot more revisions than our 1.0.33 release...): - Parliamentary democracy, two chambered if need be, with slowly changing electoral maps (drawn from the Census and controlled by judges, not politicians) - Ban on non-government funding of political parties. Money raised comes from the government or small donations. - Parliament/senate majority is enough. Enough of that 19th century filibuster nonsense. - Faster constitutional amendment cycles that don't require supermajorities - No assinine lifetime appointments to anything. A 10- or 12-year term and a healthy pension are controls enough Law is code: it needs to be easy to change when it's not working and it needs good change processes when it does change. But we cant be running a modern economy and society on 250 year old COBOL...