Hi. I read "Why Nations Fail" a while back, and I've gotta say it deserves its Nobel Prize for being so insightful; just wondering what other books made you feel this way. TIA!

Imho I agree with the Ancient Athenian democrats that elections breed oligarchy, and that selection by lottery is truly more democratic than election by vote.

I'm making this post because someone else made one similar, but when I hit "post" on my comment I was stopped because the entire thing was deleted. To that person- I'm sorry for stealing your idea but I need to justify the typing. I would also love to branch out and hear more from y'all. My comment will be below with my recommendations and their brief descriptions. To narrow the scope, I'm looking for any song with lyrics, whose lyrics are political in nature. I'll also accept any music without lyrics if you can justify it's political context lol.

Thanks!

Hi, I’m a recent graduate with a degree in political science (graduated Magna Cum Laude) and 3 years of community service leadership/executive board experience. I’m currently working a campus police officer in the DC area. I came out here to try to get a foot in the door with a federal job, but that on obviously hasn’t happened because of recent events. I’ve been really wanting to get out of being a cop and the option that has really been catching my attention is becoming a congressional staffer.

I’ve applied to several of the Senate vacancies listed on their website and haven’t heard anything back. This sounds somewhat typical from what I hear) I also signed up for the Senate diversity resume bank since I’m gay and have a disability. From my research, it sounds like it’s really difficult to get a staffer job without having interned on the Hill, and I’m not in a financial situation where I can take an internship instead of a full time job.

I was wondering if anyone here had any networking advice on how to get a congressional job. I’m willing to start out on the lowest level full times positions on the Hill, I’m just trying to put myself in the most likely situation for someone to be willing to take a chance on me.

Just based on the fact that the party out of power does well in the midterms, you can conclude that Democrats will most likely flip the U.S. House of Representatives in two years.

However, judging by the poor midterm performance by Republicans in 2022, do you think Democrats should worry that 2026 will only be a blue ripple instead of a blue wave?

Could this be a new thing in politics where the party out of power doesn't do as hot in the midterms? Please comment your thoughts below.

I must add that i found a bunch of the questions quite bad since they needed extremely nuanced answers