by Psyber » Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:26 am
Part of the problem with politics is the fact that it is played to the media and the polls, and depends on short sound grabs and drama.
I've often thought we may get more serious debate and more serious politicians if the media were not involved.
This gave rise to my fantasy of a system in which 20% of electorates, and non-contiguous ones, came up for election each year.
Then, because it wasn't country wide and the electorates were not a block in one location, the national media wouldn't find it as exciting, and wouldn't be able to influence the results as easily. So, local newspapers and local meetings in town halls may become more relevant, and those elected may turn out to be more loyal to their local electorates than to party machines.
Perhaps we would get more independents, and negotiation and consensus would become more dominant...
EPIGENETICS - Lamarck was right!