19 October 2013 - can’t reform itself

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2013 : 19 October 2013

Surrender All Hope

A dysfunctional political system can’t reform itself. One with a big army can’t be reformed from outside. All you can do is wait to see whether it stays down or picks itself up.

clue:

Why aren’t Americans debating how to prevent gerrymandering or improve primary elections or other steps to reduce needless political paralysis? Presumably they know it’s hopeless—they couldn’t be ignorant, right?

give me a clue so sweet and true