I doubt it will ever happen with our system of electing new people every 4ish years, with no consequences after office. That system might work on a small scale

I doubt it will ever happen with our system of electing new people every 4ish years, with no consequences after office. That system might work on a small scale for a small time, but not in a global economy like ours. What we need is a system to tie the direct effects of the actions of politicians to the personal lives of politicians. For example, like doctors, they should be held liable for political malpractice. We also need to find a way to get people into office who aren't as hungry for wealth and power like most politicians are. Seems like from the start we are setting ourselves up for failure if we elect people who are good at being elected. Perhaps politics should be like jury duty: it should be more distributed and citizens should have to serve in it.