No matter how much power We The People imbue in our representatives, even when they perfectly reflect the will of their constituents, inevitably there are intan

No matter how much power We The People imbue in our representatives, even when they perfectly reflect the will of their constituents, inevitably there are intangible powers that overwhelm them: old boy networks, corporate benefactors, "special interests", etc. There are simply too many parties who benefit from existing abuses of power, with an opposing party that will seize the slightest PR advantage mercilessly, and media networks that require their millions in kickbacks in order to legitimize you, making it unwise to upset your donors. On the one hand, we need democratic processes to peacefully resolve unresolvable conflicts: to find workable middle grounds on issues of disagreement. But on the other, we also need collective solidarity in preserving the system as a whole: law and order, transparency, corruption, etc. We got so good at competitive democracy as a culture (due in no small part to First Past The Post), that we've forgotten how to engage in the cooperative democracy that allowed a Constitution to be drafted in the first place, despite all the vehement disagreements at the time. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if an adversarial political system is doomed to failure, and if we wouldn't be better off if anyone would wanted to participate in the political process was able, at least in some capacity.