Not only am I upvoting this but I am resteeming it - and following you.
This because I really found your discourse impressive - and mostly find myself in agreement. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this matter.
The one thing that I'd like you to do is to spare a thought for the concept of the honest politician. Such a species can exist even if they may be on the endangered species list. :c)
Also, since you are relatively new you may find this to be worth a quick look. ^_^ Welcome to Steemit. Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
Thank you so much for your feedback @pathforger. Very much appreciated.
Also thanks for the link to your article for newbies, HUGE help already. I was not sure how the voting thing worked. You cleared that up for me.
As for the endangered honest politician... one can only hope a suitable breeding program comes into vogue. The population could use a boost.
Thanks again.
You are welcome @chasewalters :c)
And hah! I wonder what a game based on cross-breeding honest politicians would look like! ;cP