Kevin Peacocke
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I agree, humans are very disappointing. My own feeling is that events and their pace are ourgrowing us, overwhelming us. Perhaps people dig in on their point because there is way too much to process in order to appreciate the broader context, and then make a change. Rational outcomes require rational thought, and rational thought takes time. It just is not a luxury most have these days. My thoughts upon the committee approach are simply in recognition of the task of the leadership of the world being just too big for an individual. Now what?Uh no?
If for no other reason, your dismantling of our government would require dismantling our constitution. Compared to a typical Prime Minister, our President already has rather limited power, particularly domestically - after all, Congress truly does control the purse strings. But above all, I do not want a council of regents attempting the run the country. I would not run a corporation that way, Appointed by Congress, it would be a political oligarchy unaccountable directly to the American people.
Our problem is not our form of government. Our problem is the quality of our electorate and many of its representatives. I am not sure how to prove it because it has nothing directly to do with years of education, but I think the country has never been so generally ignorant, right - left - center, and less capable of employing common sense or critical thinking. Many of those who do make an attempt to understand issues are single source consumers - not necessarily a single news outlet, but a single philosophical family of outlets, each which compete to be the most outraged.
The West Point nonsense is a perfect example as is the outrage over the Trump "bloodbath" comment (I suppose we could also add "inarticulate" to the country's intellectual shortcomings).