Politics Cannot Be Fixed

We face a dilemma in that most Americans are committed to democratic governance and many Americans want elected officials to assume responsibility for matters that they cannot manage.

American politics is not broken: it is working in the dysfunctional way that it should be working, given its unwieldy size and scope. What may be breaking are naïve idealistic beliefs that politicians can use a large and intrusive government to serve "the people." And the demise of such beliefs would be a good thing.

The idea of public-spirited politicians acting through large and unlimited government is utopian.

The basic lesson here is that politics cannot be fixed.

D W MacKenzie on Politics Cannot Be Fixed.