good read. in response to the passage of your book.. I've hesitated to press you directly for your thoughts on this subject (lest we tip into direct political punditry, my god!) but since its brought up here... does your vision of this progressive political renaissance fit with the current system we have? namely the two parties themselves, winner-take-all style elections, etc.. as a helpless spectator it feels *impossible* for the uhh... distinguished members... of either party to possibly take up this mantle...
and I admit I look somewhat wistfully at European political figures who appear at the surface level to be... educated, professional, dignified, motivated, statesmanlike, NOT 85 years old... gosh I swear we used to have that?
with the democrats it seems like the "next wave" really hasn't emerged yet... and for the republicans it seems like they've managed to unearth a bumper crop of uhh... well, lets be gentle and call them very grumpy 30 year old men who don't offer much promise for the future
its my perception that we get such poor politics because that is what our system rewards, the game itself may be broken
apart from generalized notions that such a progressive age will happen and/or MUST happen... what exactly would have to take place in our society to bring this about? my fear is that its insufficient to just wait for the current batch to all to wither away in their wheelchairs
good read. in response to the passage of your book.. I've hesitated to press you directly for your thoughts on this subject (lest we tip into direct political punditry, my god!) but since its brought up here... does your vision of this progressive political renaissance fit with the current system we have? namely the two parties themselves, winner-take-all style elections, etc.. as a helpless spectator it feels *impossible* for the uhh... distinguished members... of either party to possibly take up this mantle...
and I admit I look somewhat wistfully at European political figures who appear at the surface level to be... educated, professional, dignified, motivated, statesmanlike, NOT 85 years old... gosh I swear we used to have that?
with the democrats it seems like the "next wave" really hasn't emerged yet... and for the republicans it seems like they've managed to unearth a bumper crop of uhh... well, lets be gentle and call them very grumpy 30 year old men who don't offer much promise for the future
its my perception that we get such poor politics because that is what our system rewards, the game itself may be broken
apart from generalized notions that such a progressive age will happen and/or MUST happen... what exactly would have to take place in our society to bring this about? my fear is that its insufficient to just wait for the current batch to all to wither away in their wheelchairs
a bit heavy for a comment but there it is
A renewed belief in the goodness of governance