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RE: What Is vs What Should Be: My Philosophically Internal Conflict with Libertarianism
We spend way too much time worshipping these self-proclaimed Messias.
When your success is determined by the amount money you control it kinda makes voting worthless.
I really feel for your lack of decent candidates in US elections, but we also have the same problem here.
Imagine if the spending in a political campaign was charity based and it was the person/party that solved the most problems during the campaign instead of who spent the most money for advertising and vote buying.
$2.4 billion could go a long way to solving some of the smaller problems in society. And hey you might have fewer problems to deal with if you eventually get in.
Why limit the problem solving to the duration of the campaign? Why not let each person/party continue solving problems constantly with the help of their supporters and never give one group a monopoly on power over the others by finalizing the election?
In an ideal world, politicians would actually care about someone other than themselves. Although we don't live in a perfect world.
Indeed, but caring isn't enough. We need social structures that allow caring people to act with influence rather than aggregating power to the most ruthless and shortsighted. I've found this (and the book it's based on) quite helpful in realistically understanding politicians and their dynamics:
I recommend the full book to anyone with the time and interest, but the video is an excellent introduction.