Analysts long assumed a Middle Eastern blockade would cripple China due to its reliance on imported oil, but that assumption is dangerously out of date. Having spent years hoarding strategic energy reserves, increasing overland Russian imports and cultivating diplomatic leverage, Beijing has engineered a position of considerable strength, which it has been using to its advantage.
Yeah, democracies really need a mechanism for voting on long term goals and a way to do a three strikes and banned for life for politicians violating the goals.
No, the US needs to move past Red vs Blue “democracy” to something multi party and with constant coalitions and compromises. Then hopefully grown ups will run the US. Two parties is a democratic failure.
Multi party is better, but not a guarantee. My government is multi parry. It can take a year to form a coalition because of all the arguing they do. Small parties can ducks have a huge influence of they are needed to complete the coalition. They do a lot of infighting afterwards and still often manage to be reactive and short term.
Humans and still humans, but red vs blue is the worse setup. All debates just become which team you are for.
It’s easier than you’d think; we stop voting for people, and start voting for policy direction. Then we hire competent public servants to make and implement plans based on voter sentiment. Yeah, and while I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony.
In the US we have so many things that have general public support, but our leaders block for big money interests. Voting doesn’t solve that, which is why the country worries about potential dissolution and civil war/unrest.
I’m pretty sure that this can only work if we dial back the capitalism, but I think at this point that’s impossible.