[cjs_ac]

Politics is about deciding who gets to exercise power and what they get to do with it. Politics detached from power is just pointless squabbling.

[mothballed]

It's not, since voluntary transactions can happen as a result of said squabbling without resorting to the violence of 'power.' Maybe we need more of that and less of ramming decisions down the throats of the powerless.

[andy_ppp]

Yeah I sometimes think you could have a government you select, e.g. each state could have its own rules and laws and the federal government should not have the power to overrule them. Then you could choose if you wanted immigration or lower taxes or whatever, seems like a good system who can suggest it?

[Tarq0n]

Not really a solution for large-scale collective action problems.

[nkmnz]

So how about exercising less power?

[8note]

i dont see how that would change the ultimate "money grants too much power"

if the government exerts less democratic power, money will still exert too much capitalist power