Let's get real. It not only won't work, in some ways, our political systems are failing because they still cling to some of the notions that worked back then.
Their ideas and goals weren't at fault, but they had to implement them using the tools of the times. The house of representatives was, and still is, supposed to represent us. "No taxation without representation" wasn't just a catchy slogan. When the house was formed, there was no need for full time professional politicians. What was needed, was some way to take the needs of the people and represent them to the lawmakers. Communications was on horseback, and the population wasn't as educated as today.
Today we don't know who are candidates are because all they ever do is take out contradicting tv and radio spots. Who knows what to believe? Two hundred years ago, we didn't know who the candidates were because WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE CANDIDATES WERE! We had never seen them, maybe we heard of one or two. The party system gave us a way to know something about them, and it gave them a way to get the word to us.
I'm through with this partisan crap. I don't think we need the parties to pick our candidates for us. We have plenty of sports models with playoffs and championships that offer alternatives so we can all vote on all the candidates. We don't need a party chairman telling one candidate to back off or lose their support.
The information age has changed everything. Now, what we really need, is some way to filter out all the mis-information.
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