Politics is about deciding who gets to exercise power and what they get to do with it. Politics detached from power is just pointless squabbling.
Politics is about deciding who gets to exercise power and what they get to do with it. Politics detached from power is just pointless squabbling.
So how about exercising less power?
i dont see how that would change the ultimate "money grants too much power"
if the government exerts less democratic power, money will still exert too much capitalist power
It's not, since voluntary transactions can happen as a result of said squabbling without resorting to the violence of 'power.' Maybe we need more of that and less of ramming decisions down the throats of the powerless.
Yeah I sometimes think you could have a government you select, e.g. each state could have its own rules and laws and the federal government should not have the power to overrule them. Then you could choose if you wanted immigration or lower taxes or whatever, seems like a good system who can suggest it?
Yes the 10th amendment was supposed to ensure a lot of that that but it was largely waived away during the progressive era and in acts related to the civil war. But cuz slavery for some reason it also has to apply to all sorts of other things that have nothing to do with slaves or even civil rights (in the sense of negative rights) and you are racist or love slaves or something for pointing this out.
Not really a solution for large-scale collective action problems.