I don't knock democracy. I could be arguing for the electoral college. But I'm not. I am officially convinced the current US presidential election process is doomed, I mean, I've always been convinced of that, but now there really seems to be a radical change on the horizon. Bioregionalism, local-production of food an power, water conservation.
Interest is the cause of the vast majority of our problems in the end.
It causes forests to be turned into bank accounts and architecture to be designed for a 10-20 year lifespan at best. Nothing assures an apocalyptic fate more surely than that fact. There is only one pie. It cannot get bigger. Materially, we live in a closed system.