| Earlier I wrote that the Star Wars Republic concept really sparked my interest.
The basic structure is what did it for me. One representative from an area. That representative speaks on that area's behalf in the greater government.
Now obviously population should factor in if we're talking about something on the national level.
Why not just round each state to the nearest million and then have one representative per million people?
And then those representatives can meet collectively and propose, vote, and pass motions to create laws and policy. Then those laws and policy pass to the "judicial" section that evaluates them for Constitutionality. Then they go to the "executive" section to decide how to implement the policies.
I think the current structure of the U.S. government was written out of resistance to the British form of government and not because it is necessarily efficient. It's basically a "keep what we like and scrap what we don't" approach instead of actually constructing a government that works and can evolve.
I think the best government is both simple in structure; clear in definition and purpose. The Constitution just doesn't cut it. |