Need some help.

[bu villain]

The system is fine. Its the people that are screwed up. We all know the people we are voting for have only their own interests in mind, yet we continue to vote for them. For this, we have no one to blame but ourselves, the electorate.

The people are part of the system and if one part of the system is broken, the whole system is broken. You could have a seemingly perfect system based on rational, educated voters but if the voters aren't rational or educated, the system won't work. We need a governing system that takes people's ignorance, biases, and irrationality into account.

The angry commentary isnt the problem when it is advertised as commentary. The problem is angry commentary that is advertised as news. How many times have we gone back and forth over an article on this site or that site?

I'm not saying fiery commentary should be banned or anything but when it becomes the primary source of news for many people and creates an us vs them mentality between Americans, it is a problem. I guess my main concern is why do people find it so appealing? Honestly when I listen to it, it almost makes me queasy. I'd rather listen to a respectful, intelligent debate any day of the week.