How I Would Change The U.S. Political System If I Was In Charge

Politics sucks.

No matter which side of the aisle you’re on, you more than likely hate politics. That’s likely in part because it divides us by creating two sides of an aisle to sit on. A government should bring us together in unity, not split us up into constantly warring parties.

It seems like the only thing we can agree on is our frustration toward The System and The Man. For those of us in the United States, politics is broken and we know it. Where we get stuck is in blaming one another for why it’s broken. And fixing our government seems like a confusing and futile task.

But I think there are few achievable changes we could make to our political system to make things better. Not perfect or even great — but better. And perhaps these are steps in the right direction toward even more improvements in the future. The important thing is progress towards unity.

I’d like to pretend for a minute that I was given complete control to change the political system in the United States. I’m the temporary authoritarian ruler of the entire country and I get to change whatever I want. But I have to give it back after I’m done, because — let’s face it — I would be a terrible authoritarian ruler. I mean, there are no good authoritarian rulers, so at least it’s not just me.