Election Reform

like the "think globally, act locally" meme. But remember that nation states and corporations were invented at about the same time. The royals cut deals with their rivals the rich merchants, and that's what we've been stuck with pretty much ever since.

Also, it is unscientific to parse Earth into tribal systems of control. Our ecosystem is planet-wide, and humanity is top-dog. We can either start to become better stewards, or continue to trash the place.

Yes, I know that is an oversimplification, but I think we have to somehow embrace complexity and diversity while at the same time being wary of systems tending toward simplicity and uniformity. The former leads to expansion of individual rights, while the latter leads to contraction, consolidation, and constriction of rights.

I like to think long-term, in that we are currently in a critical phase right before we start becoming a space-faring species. We have to clean up our launching pad, more fully understand how our planet works, and how to sustain it and ourselves properly, before the next phase of our ever-outward migration can begin.

Yeah, I know. Dreamer stuff. And probably not going to happen before I die anyway.