True, Cruiser. ;-) I figure, quite seriously, we would have better, more honest governments if there were no political parties at all and no elections either...but if leaders and representatives were chosen by lot at regular intervals from among a very large pool of all the qualified people from the ordinary public who were willing (and able...meaning they had the basic qualifications, education, etc) to take on the job.

You could also have a recall system, with voting, at scheduled intervals, to replace said representatives with someone else if they proved to be incompetent for whatever reason.

But I'm just dreaming, of course. Things are going to go on as they have been, and I know it. ;-)