The Future of Politics

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

1) What would be your ideal state of politics? I'm not talking about what ideology you would want to be dominant, but simply in what form your "perfect" politics would be

Define. Perfect form of government? Perfect civil service?

2) Why do you think that people have not tried to change the current system? Why do you think such attempts have failed?

The current system is relatively new, if by the current system you mean modern democracy. Otherwise, tradition holds. Systems evolve or come around through bloodshed. It's difficult to rapidly change a system, and, of course, there is always resistance by those who think the old system is better.

3) How many people think that if repeated lying was grounds for the death penalty, politicians would be the first to be executed?

Nope. I've been through this before. The vast majority of us lie, a lot of us do it a lot, and many of those do it without even noticing it. Politicians are no better than us, but it is arrogant of us to say that they are much worse. If repeated lying was grounds for the death penalty, we'd all be six feet deep right now.

In addition, people are not always aware of the factual basis what they are saying. They may be saying what they think is the truth, only to have it disproven later - it happens. To everyone. Often.