I know you are joking and this is something I think about. I heard about a protest at JP Morgan where people where chanting and wanted to deliver a letter to the CEO.
However, I really hope it isn't a violent incident. We don't need a war here anymore than we need a war in the middle east. Civil wars are bloody and costly and horrible.
Agreed. I promise to only carry a torch and take notes of anybody I see with a pitchfork. :)
I read an analysis once that said that the problem wasn't that representatives weren't responding to the people's wishes, it was that the mob basically ruled. This is why you have governments making more promises than they can pay for and the continuous search for the current Dr. Frankenstein to go storm his castle.
Not sure of the veracity of that analysis, but I found it both counter-intuitive and interesting.
We're technical guys. We should know complex systems. We should know how people design and interact with complex systems.
I believe our system of government is becoming legacy code. That's not by any means to call for violence. I simply mean that the system has become too complex for most practitioners to understand, too complex to micro-manage, too complex to be able to design results by committee, and too complex to be able to maintain effectively.
Beats me where you go from there, but after seeing a dozen failed complex computer systems, I know a failed system that is spinning off into complexity land when I see one.
I also agree. Vote them all out. Enact term limits now, before we start a new generation of Earls and Dukes -- professional politicians with a lifer mentality.
However, I really hope it isn't a violent incident. We don't need a war here anymore than we need a war in the middle east. Civil wars are bloody and costly and horrible.
My suggestion: Vote out all incumbents.