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A Philosopher-King meritocracy would be nice until the inevitable corruption turned it into fascism.
The only way to govern is through a representative democracy and an economy based on free enterprise. It'd be great to get one back in America again because without it we will eventually fall on our face due to the schemers that are running this nation into the ground. But that doesn't seem likely in the near future unless We The People take away all repeat terms of major office with a constiututional amendement. The crooks have shown time and time again that they are not really serious about campaign finance reform by repeatedly passing bills that have obvious loopholes.
I agree with !@#$%!. "The Man" will be with us until the planet is uninhabitable.
The ironic thing is that relativity and particle physics has confirmed that all is One and that, here on our planet, the ecosystem is interdependent, yet all political organization still insists on "master-servant" types of relationships with its citizens. This is underlined by the sad fact that a way to a free energy "utopia" for the entire world has already been discovered, but there is too much vested interest for us to ever get there.
Laurie Anderson's new satirical song, "Only An Expert Can Deal With The Problem," addresses this topic subject to astonishingly rousing effect. The track will (I suppose) appear on next year's Homeland album, but she did it live at Lincoln Center on 4/30/07.
excerpt:
Now, who are these "experts?"
An "expert" is a professional problem-solver.
An "expert" is someone who carries malpractice insurance. (gets a big laugh from the audience)
Because often the solution to the problem is...
a problem.
An estimated 60% of Americans are an estimated 1.3 paychecks away from homelessness.
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