klapauzius
Well-known member
I think the foremost thing to do is to vote for the right people, by which I mean candidates that also have a real chance of exerting some political will.
Where this does not work, a lot more needs to be done to convince people (= voters), that they have to start acting in their own interest (as well as in the interest of their fellow humans) and demand this from their politicians. The vast majority of people are either oblivious to the problem or think they have more pressing matters at hand (e.g. jobs, education, healthcare, retirement).
Once you have this as "mainstream" politics, the fix will come faster than you think.
The first thing I would do is overhaul the current voting system here in the US, which is hopelessly outdated, and essentially cements a 2 party system. A party like the green party will never have any real political power here, despite the fact that they could get between 3 and 10% of the vote, if there was a modern proportional voting system in place here.
Where this does not work, a lot more needs to be done to convince people (= voters), that they have to start acting in their own interest (as well as in the interest of their fellow humans) and demand this from their politicians. The vast majority of people are either oblivious to the problem or think they have more pressing matters at hand (e.g. jobs, education, healthcare, retirement).
Once you have this as "mainstream" politics, the fix will come faster than you think.
The first thing I would do is overhaul the current voting system here in the US, which is hopelessly outdated, and essentially cements a 2 party system. A party like the green party will never have any real political power here, despite the fact that they could get between 3 and 10% of the vote, if there was a modern proportional voting system in place here.