LarryP

That you have basic fundamental rights and beyond that you're subject to tons of government intervention.

We've built a huge infrastructure that is unsustainable, especially since no one (politicians or citizens) is ever willing to say no or give back something that they already had. As long as partisanship runs so deep, there can never be true progress.

If I knew, I'd run for office. My best guess is that this can only be fixed by individual's rising above the partisanship and working together. But that still leaves the question; "who's to say what's in the best interest of the country?".

I think that fact checking and following the money in a non-political way is very helpful. Give people a way to cut through the noise and understand the facts. The media is a big part of the problem between the 24 hour news cycle, biased reporting passing itself off as journalism, and not having to time to present both sides of the story. Tell people what both sides can agree on, where the differences are, and what the facts/assumptions are -- and they can make better choices.