How Can We Fix the Corruption?

Obviously, there is something wrong with our country.

Maybe we would all disagree on what is the cause and what could be the fix, but in general, we all know that the government is completely corrupt and that this needs to change.  We are no longer for or by the people; we are now for and by the cash.

People from all sides of the spectrum are aware of this, but there is no real solution to the problem in sight.  Occupy is doing some really great and interesting things, but really, how is legislation going to be passed to end the corruption by those who benefit from it most?  Occupy can't guide their hands any more than calling our representatives can.  That's not to say neither has impact or that we need to stop trying, by god do we need to continue to try, but neither will convince an unethical person to be ethical. 

Dan Carlin, my favorite political commentator (listen to his show Common Sense with Dan Carlin), agrees that this is the main problem with our government at the moment and other problems there may be stem from this.  He discusses it frequently.  But in his most recent episode (and every so often before), Dan Carlin expressed concern that he's all talk and no action and it's getting depressing.  I don't agree that it's depressing just because I've come to terms with the whole deal.  Frustrating, yes.  And I hope to direct action against the corruption of the government with my career some day, so I'm just being patient.  But Dan Carlin has an idea, and I feel that it would be beneficial to promote it.

Here's his spiel.

"Voting. Legislation. Protests. These are the traditional methods historically used to fill that action-verb void. Those were the “B” in our A to C transition. When those fail, what should be tried?"

Because, really, if corruption did not exist in our system things like marijuana would never have been illegal, for example.  And it definitely would be legal now, federally.  So, we need to do something.  And Dan Carlin is trying to do something to figure out the missing step in fixing our political system, which is more than most people can say.

Check out his twitter to stay updated, @dccommonsense.  It's still in the baby steps, it's pretty foggy, actually, but it could potentially be an exciting thing to be involved in.