Lucky you man , I love retro forces . <| sep |> Not really . He ' s farther left of Clinton , who had trouble keeping voters to begin with . <| sep |> All systems are prone to error . Our political system is not exempt . So we should just keep it the way it is ? We both know our system isn ' t working well , and keeping it as is isn ' t going to fix it . We KNOW this isn ' t working ! I believe that over time , the effect will average out . That should never have to happen . We should be flooded with good candidates according to your theory and we ' re . not . We never were . You effectively just admitted to me that there ' s a ton of crappy candidates that got elected . So why are we going to keep things the same ? If you don ' t like it , you can change it . I wish it were that simple ! I admire your idealistic view but you know it doesn ' t work like that . You don ' t just go out and run for office . It doesn ' t work that way . You have to have LOTS of campaign money , support , experience , friends in high places , and most importantly , you need to know how to pander to the existing system . Even if you ' re just running for a local position . The existing system will only breed likeminded individuals who will not change anything in the end , because to do otherwise will not get you elected . You are either a very young person who has a lot to learn about the world , or an older person who has bought into the system HARD . Don ' t buy into the bullshit they ' re feeding you . This is exactly what makes this country stagnate keeping things the same . Do not be naive . Look outside of the box and take the blinders off . The politicians do not have your best interests in mind .