Well, I believe in free enterprise, so I would have to say that an ecconomic system would be capatalist. However, I believe that there is a problem in this country (USA), with large business owning things that really belong to the people, like the airwaves, for instance. I'm not a communist or a socialist, but I do believe in some socialist ideals, mainly socialized medicin. I think that having to pay for medical service in a civilized society is as rediculous as have to pay for police service.  (If we really needed a cop, it would be a shame if ther couldn't give us the help we needed because we didn't have crime insurance). I alsobelieve that a better society would give people more control over the laws of the country than the US allows. It seams as if we don't have much say, and that voting for presidential and congressional candidates is  pretty meaningless. Allow more frequent opportunities for citizens to vote.  You could have a vote every day if you wanted to. Not everybody would do it, but at least people have the opportunity to. Also, we should end all lobyism and Political action commitees. Although they started out with a noble purpose, they have grown to be a weekness in the American Governmental system that the rich have exploited. Legalize marijuana, because it has allready become a huge part of American culture. People have to go through illegal means to get it, and those same illegal  means introduce people to more dangerous and addictive drugs. A lot of people say it shouldn't be legalized because it's a transitional drug. No duh. You have to go to a drug dealer, hello? What do you think they do?  The get people hooked on drugs. That's what they do, and they're very good at it.

So to recap: Socialized medicine, More checks on Big business, end PACs and ban lobbyists, legalize marijuana and allow more opportunities for citizens to vote.

Of course, if you're talking about a utopian dream, I think we should all run around naked in the wilderness, make our own houses, grow our own
food, and turn the landscape into something that looks like a hawian resort. (Of coarse we'd use stones and mud for the landscape because we wouldn't have businesses to manufacture building materials, but hey)

Socrates One
Lowell, MA

A self sufficient village with true anarchy....of course this self sufficient village would need to be fully cabled for internet access!!

Helena, 31
Sydney AUSTRALIA

Capitalism would work great if we could have people trade their greed for a work ethic.

Alias Irrelevante

Not a single one.

Amy, 23
Baton Rouge, LA

I guess the ideal vision of democratic socialism in which all have voice and are participants in the decisions that affect them and where the material and economic goods of society are farely distributed.

Felicia, 34
Somerville, MA

A council of elders in a village of no more than l,500 people. Justice would be tempered with mercy. Mercy would be tempered with justice.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA

None. Not anarchy, monarchy, democracy, communism, or anything else.

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA

I suppose Socialism and Communism both work well in theory and are both very nice ideas, but I don't think that most people are too selfish to sacrifice their personal gain for the betterment of the whole society. I don't suppose there really is a perfect political system.

Shanna, 15
Cardiff ENGLAND

Political systems will never be perfect because they are based on the fallible virtue of mankind.

Jami, 27
Lowell, MA

One in which there is complete equity - no discrimination against race, colour, gender, age or sexuality. i believe a democratic system is the most logical form of government. it allows the citizens to have their say, whilst still keeping things in order/control.

Gavin
Sydney AUSTRAL*A

I guess there isn't a political system that I have heard of that is "nearly perfect", but the closest that I could come at this moment is socialism. But perhaps there is some little village on an island somewhere that has the perfect formula and we have yet to discover it

Kate, 19
Bellingham, WA

The republican system is the best political system there is. However no system can ever be perfect, but that's life. The U.S. has a good republican system in place, although it needs a little tweaking. The country has a lot of problems - crime, violence, injustices, corruption, etc., but at leastwe, as a people, have the right to challenge the system through our right of free speech and free assembly. I may be a little too idealistic, but I think that Americans do strive to make this country the best and fairest country on earth. Sometimes it's hard to make progress, but we have the means to stand up for inequalities, injustices and corruption. We have the right to voice our opinions and join interest groups that fight for the causes that we feel are important. It is our responsibility to educate ourselves on the political candidates running for office, even on the lowest, most local level of government. The best way to make a republican system really work is to GET INVOLVED!

Susan, 31
Chicago, IL

I believe that is an oxymoron. I don't believe that we will ever be able to produce anything perfect. As humans were are fatally flawed in this way. I don't know if there is less corruption in a one ruler system, a monarchy or such, or if there is less when there are many helping to make the decisions for us all. Maybe there is more corruption when you group a bunch of people who are running for a popularity contest together. I suppose in a utopian world, the individual or individuals who represent us would run our government with the common good in mind instead of constantly worrying about getting re-elected and we would support them in a manner to further that cause.

Kathy, 26
Garden City, MI

There is no such thing as a perfect political system. If the influence of money were curtailed in our political system, that would help. Also, if the media would back off a candidate's private life, that would help also. As it is now, the truly smart candidate's don't run, because who would want their private life dissected by the National Inquirer, and the NY Times for that matter.

Ernest, 28
Washington, DC

don't know if any political system can be considered nearly perfect.

Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill, GA

I basically like what we have now, but it can certainly use improvements. I'd like to see many more referendums, and on very important issues like capital punishment, I'd prefer binding referendums. I'd like a cap on the amount of money any candidate and party can use for campaigning. I'd like less federal taxation and more local taxation.

Laura, 35
Lowell, MA

None.

Nikki, 27
Kirkham ENGLAND

I am a strong proponent for a pure democracy. We are entering a stage in technological advancement where through such devices as the telephone and computer(especially) every citizen of America (to begin with) can be informed on and vote accurately on bills and laws without the intermediary "representatives". What I find so charming about this idea is that it offers a chance not only to start disassembaling the remarkably close minded bipartisan system wherein these representatives are voting not so much on individual bills but on what a) their party endorses, b) what will please the more vocal/powerful lobbies, c) in their own self-interests. It will also go a long way toward getting rid of so much pork added to the bills so that people can individually vote on an increase in funding to education and / or an increases tax without having them combined (this in reference to the "lie" that George Bush told when he broke his "no new taxes" stance wnote : I am not a big Bush fan, but he was painted into a corner and then lambasted by his enemies]). I also think that keeping an idea of this stature to a national level is silly, it is simple monkey territorialism and base lust for power that keeps this planet divided and divisive, I am sick of people not accepting that we can not advance as a species until we settle our old monkey squabbles. What restructured government we have should be global, and the UN serves as a decent model to begin with.   The problem with this idea is two-fold 1) there is a word for telling your rulers that you do not need their leadership anymore, and that word is revolution. The power structure, history tells us, often reacts unhappily to revolutions. 2) as a nation, as a world, we are complacent and are "used to" being lied to and blatantly ignored by our rulers, it is what they do, after all, they

Anthony, 25
Baton Rouge, LA

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