I thought this section of Dator's book was the weakest. His overview of our system was good and made the first convincing argument that "the US is not a Democracy" that I've heard (that statement is a shibboleth in certain conservative/libertarian circles). However, he appeared to struggle with setting up a foundation for exploring different forms of future US governance. It was at this point I realized the fundamental flaw in MAKE-BELIEF. Dator showed us the Dream Society, but never identified the drivers shaping its formation as a system. I believe that lack is the source of his apparent struggle to describe plausible changes to US governance
Yes, I'm reading a couple of chapters ahead of where I'm writing and my hope that the book sticks the landing are fading. I've been keeping a long list of loose ends to cover, and I assumed many of those would come up naturally as the book wound to its conclusion, but I don't think I'll be so lucky. More for me to write, I suppose.
I thought this section of Dator's book was the weakest. His overview of our system was good and made the first convincing argument that "the US is not a Democracy" that I've heard (that statement is a shibboleth in certain conservative/libertarian circles). However, he appeared to struggle with setting up a foundation for exploring different forms of future US governance. It was at this point I realized the fundamental flaw in MAKE-BELIEF. Dator showed us the Dream Society, but never identified the drivers shaping its formation as a system. I believe that lack is the source of his apparent struggle to describe plausible changes to US governance
Yes, I'm reading a couple of chapters ahead of where I'm writing and my hope that the book sticks the landing are fading. I've been keeping a long list of loose ends to cover, and I assumed many of those would come up naturally as the book wound to its conclusion, but I don't think I'll be so lucky. More for me to write, I suppose.