My favorite author Robert E. Heinlein wrote a few things on that subject. He had a feeling both Democracy and the US would eventually falter. His main points were (very roughly) like this (with some additions of myself mixed in):
- Democracy has deteriorated to a game show, more about smiling and kissing babies than message. You need enormous wealth to get in. On the top, the people that run the show have nothing at all in common with ordinary working people of the middle class.
- Unpopular but necessary steps can never be taken because somebody worried about getting re-elected simply can not afford to
- A country will fall apart when people start feeling more like "Floridians", "Hispanics" or you name any other faction that Americans first and start making decisions based on this.
Specifically the latter can easily be observed ... am I too worried or is there something to it?
- Democracy has deteriorated to a game show, more about smiling and kissing babies than message. You need enormous wealth to get in. On the top, the people that run the show have nothing at all in common with ordinary working people of the middle class.
- Unpopular but necessary steps can never be taken because somebody worried about getting re-elected simply can not afford to
- A country will fall apart when people start feeling more like "Floridians", "Hispanics" or you name any other faction that Americans first and start making decisions based on this.
Specifically the latter can easily be observed ... am I too worried or is there something to it?