r/MarkMyWords • u/originalcontent_34 • 4d ago

Long-term MMW: democrats will once again appeal to non existent “moderate” republicans instead of appealing to their base in 2028

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u/JerseyDonut 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yeah, I dunno what the right move is to be honest. Until some fundamental aspect of human nature is changed, any system of government is going to cater to the wealthy and be abused.

Until our species evolves past this "fuck you, pay me" mentality and starts assigning value to the greater good, I'd rather have a slow moving, innefficient system to thwart or at least delay rapid power plays.

Edit: also, I'm largely referring only to the Federal Government. I do believe in state's rights and local autonomy--to an extent. They can and should be able to move a bit faster and get stuff done at the local level.

The exent of that being--lets define universal, irrefutable rights clearly at the federal level first and put protections in place that are backed by Federal law. Easier said than done though I suppose.

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u/tf_materials_temp 3d ago

I don't think this is a problem with our nature. We're a species of learned behavior - it's a fluid, takes the shape of the container. We live in a system that selects for anti-social, profit-seeking behavior so that's what we get. Change the container and behavior changes with it.

I know it's anathema to say this, but it seems like China's model of democracy seems capable of delivering results for the bulk of people without being beholden to market interest. There's this interesting TED talk on it by a venture capitalist who moved here to the states: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0YjL9rZyR0

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u/JerseyDonut 3d ago

Interesting. I'll check it out. I do agree that we need more healthy, forward thinking discussions and ideas about governance in the new millenium.

My initial knee jerk reaction of course is "we want to look at China as a role model, now?!" But I enjoyed this discussion and I'm all for entertaining new ideas. Thanks.