“I live in the United States of America. With that in mind, my ideas are directly influenced by America’s political system and the ways I see improvement in it, but also knowledge of other countries’ political systems that work well. I’ve had the blueprints in my head for some time but they have never been written down yet. There is certainly lots that I forgot along the way that didn’t make it to this point. With that in mind, here’s my ideal government:
- Have a Swiss based direct democracy voting system: people can submit their own bills to the congressional body(whatever they call it) to be discussed and be voted on by citizens by referendum
- A third, but smaller branch of congress made of short term appointed experts in various fields of knowledge that fact check, research any relevant information that would go into making a decision, and anything else that prevents emotional decisions(like declaring war on Iraq). These experts, like te religious law court in Saudi Arabia, can have conditional veto power on any ignorant decision; at least they can omit or revise ill-advised language in a bill before sending it back for reconsideration. Essentially this group would be like the crazy generic old scientist who was right all along in the movies telling the decision makers the best thing to do.
- Preferential voting and proportional representation to have multiple parties emerge rather than just two dominant ones, which reduces polarization in politics.
- Two Vice Presidents, not one. (American presidents usually have a vice pres on the other end of politics to “balance the ticket”. With three at the head of the presidency, there may be less deadlock.)
- Constitutional review powers built into the constitution, because people complain about the Supreme Court making decisions they don’t like using the powers granted to them after the founding of the constitution. Also, there would be twelve of them, not nine, which would allow for the possibility of an even split so the decisions can be delayed or discussed more with more opinions involved.
- Right to health and safety provided by the government.
- Citizenship achieved after three years of living in a country. Citizenship also grants the ability to run for president. No worries about being a natural born citizen because it is not a constitutional requirement.
- Federal supremacy. No more worrying about local laws. Laws are universal, and the only thing that varies locally is local taxes for local infrastructure maintenance. Subdivisions are mainly for administrative convenience. Llocal laws may exist, but only to fill in local variations that the federal law doesn’t account for however, federal law still can override these laws if they are contradictory. Also, every law enacted locally is not funded by federal money and it is up to to local administration to cover costs(so we don’t have one place feeding off the surpluses of the others.)
- Wikipedia style law database curated by experts to keep laws up to date on any changes and bring old laws forward for possible revision. This is to help make sure no archaic/incompatible laws are being used in government actions to make sure that the government is as efficient and up to date as possible.
- Presumed universal equality of opportunity by law, but allowing room for pluralistic accommodations that account for the individual differences that everyone has.
- Government provides all essential services: electrical and water utilities, health services, etc. None of that free market stuff we rely on that costs more than what we could get with just centrally distribute it. Nit part of the constitution but is part of the institution.
Thats all I have right now. But essentially this is designed to have a smarter, more efficient, less gridlocked nation and by extension government as well.”

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