There's this wonderful thing called sarcasm.

Oh, ♥♥♥♥ no. The basic fact that the overwhelming majority of people on this planet are, put lightly and simply, self-centered, precludes the creation of any "perfect" government.

It's not like we don't get anything done with the current system, but a huge political problem is the whole Democrats vs. Republicans crap. They don't seem to ever work together. No matter what one side proposes, the other side swats it down without regard of how it would help the country, simply twisting the issue in their minds so it seems like they're doing the rational thing. The only time congress can really get through something is when there's an objective, non-partisan issue at stake and there aren't many differing opinions on the matter, and this is unfortunately rare, to say the least.

Here's another of my views on this: It's easier to manage things on a smaller scale. This is why we have a federal system- national, state, county, and city-wide levels of government running life for the country. I think a big problem with America, if you'll forget the pun, is the size. Not just the physical size or population of the country, but the fact that our government is so enormous. There are entire branches of government which just exist as checks and balances for other branches. We have thousands upon thousands of bureaucrats in office at this moment, and it seems like the governmental sector is growing by the day (correct me on this if I'm mistaken) Smaller countries seem to have a much easier time regulating their affairs- for instance, generally speaking, the many countries in Europe seem pretty well off, despite the global recession. Sure, the whole point of states is so that we can break up the country into more easily manageable sectors, but when it comes down to it, we're still a huge-ass country, and somebody (or a whole lot of bodies, to be more accurate) has to make sure that everything runs smoothly from city to city and state to state.

Also, I like that Ron Paul is a Libertarian masquerading as a Republican. He's amazing compared to everyone else.

I'm not quite sure how you can support communism in real life scenarios, but OK.

I'm not quite sure how you can support communism in real life scenarios, but OK.

Both pure capitalism and pure communism work great in theory.

In real life, though, people's scumbag instincts and negative brainpower get in the way.