I have long since given up on watching or listening to the news, in large part due to all the negative politics reported on. Well, that and all the rest of the negativity the modern day news media spews.

That early form of voting is indeed interesting. That could very well change some of the political wrangling we see. Or, I suppose, it could make it worse.

I think you’re right though, open discussions is the way to go. We are sure to offend each other (which is a whole other topic,) but if we can work from common ground and find good compromises, we’ll be doing quite well.

I’ll tell you one thing that surprised me in my search. There are far more countries ruled by monarchy that I would have guessed. Us big headed Americans tend to think that our way is the best way, but in actuality, our way only has 233 years in existence, a mere blip on the time scale of the civilized existence of humanity. Monarchies go back much, much further.

One thing I’m not clear on, however, is where the United States government fits in to Aristotle’s forms of government. Maybe somewhere between Polity and Aristocracy.

Thanks again for dropping by and contributing.

The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC) stated that “The true forms of government…are those in which the one, or the few, or the many govern, with a view to the common interest:
1. A Monarchy. That is, a government a government run by one person.
2. An Aristocracy. Government by the few.
3. A Polity. We now call this a Constitutional Democracy.

However, to these three forms of good government, three forms of bad government correspond:
1. A Tyranny. That is, a monarchy ruled by an antagonistic monarch.
2. An Oligarchy. That is, a rule by a few corrupt men.
3. A Democracy. That is, rule by the masses.
Of the three deviations, tyranny is the worst, and mob rule is the least evil.

A King or a Queen under a Constitutional Monarchy is never obliged to any political party like a president is. They are not elected and they don’t belong to any party, therefor nobody can acuse them of supporting a specific group or only the decisions/ideas innitiated by a group. They are above all minor or major political clinches/arguments and only their prestige is what calm down spirits, not their inexistent powers.
.-= RadicalRoyalist´s last blog .. =-.

It is interesting to note that when the U.S. was first founded that the president was the person with the most votes and the vice president was the person with the second most votes. This meant that quite often these offices were filled by people from different parties.

I think the best rout to reach the place you talk about at the end of the post is this: Talk about politics, talk about the issues and get others talking. It is OK if we offend each other a bit as long as we work from there towards a place we can agree.
.-= Quinn´s last blog ..Getting the thorn out =-.