Today in class Andy asked what do you think of our governmental system? This is a big question most people in the class are in political science and they study exactly that, our government. Yet there was a silence for a while, no one really had an immediate response ready. Now it’s 10:40 and I have food in me and my brain can finally process such big questions like what do I think of our political system?
Well I have never lived or even visited another country, to experience another governmental system, so granted I am going to be a little biased. I think that our system is the best governing system in the world today, but there is always room for improvement. I know I am lucky to live here with the freedoms that each United States citizen is entitled to, but still I find our whole government system incredibly frustrating.
On paper (the constitution basically), our governmental system looks great, we have separation of powers, checks and balances, a bill of rights, and the power to amend it is we absolutely need to. However, when this government system is implemented it comes along with all these petty politics that drive me crazy. A few classes ago Iris mentioned something about the “average Joe American” and his lack of knowledge when it comes to politics. Lately I have been kind of thinking about this and you know that is not such a bad thing.
During my year and a half as a political science major, I have learned that our system is stable and change is hard to come by. Politicians run on promises of change on cleaning up our political system, but in reality change is a very, very slow progression. Our political system is built on a set of procedures, not hope. While politics maybe a necessity, all the petty jabs that conservatives spit at democrats really do not mean much in the end. It seems like all the petty politics only serve to get in the way of our system.
I know this is kind of a weird post, and might not really make sense, but basically what I am trying to say is that I have faith in our constitution and the system it creates. On the other hand I do not have faith in a lot of the people who are involved in politics. I have faith that our system is strong enough to endure the petty politics, because the politicians will always be held accountable to the citizens and the citizens will not let them go to far. The “average Joe” American may not care or know that much about politics, but it does not really matter because as soon as politics start affecting Joe in a bad way he will start to care.
I didn’t want to say anything because Taylor and I had conferred and came to the conclusion that a Theocracy would be the ideal form of government. Everything would go so much more smoothly because any backlash against the government would be akin to criticising god himself, which offers and incentive for the people to be happy with what they have.
haha well it’s definitely worth a try. If you and Taylor ever start the ideal government count me in.
I think that we do have a great governmental system. I think the founding fathers had intended for our legislative process to take a very slow and long time. I think this idea is important, because it helps insure that only the most important pieces of legislation get passed. When you look at other political systems like the U.K., you can see that the party in control of Parliament will try to get as much legislation passed as possible before they are voted out of power. This is a huge flaw, because in many ways there only looking out for the party’s best interests and not the interests of the people. I also believe we have the best governmental system