What is your most controversial political view/opinion/thought?

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50. The only system that is sure to work is the one that has been proven historically

Villages of no more than 200 people, each governed by a headman and a council of elders. This system worked well around the world from before 30,000 BCE until quite recently.

The kinds of governments we have in the "civilized world" today were developed to manage the size, productivity and energy usage levels of modern societies, and are all organized to support and promote growth while resisting degrowth. Modern, global, constant-growth, techno-industrial civilization is inherently unsustainable, and that unsustainability is built into our governments and their promotion of constant growth.

The one governance structure that did support a sustainable human presence on the planet does not scale to manage large societies, so we're stuck with the various forms we have developed - all of which are unsustainable.

Anarchy is not the answer, the governance forms we have developed are not the answer, and the tribal-village model is not the answer. There is no answer.

That which is unsustainable will not be sustained. Eventually we may arrive back at the tribal-village model, but not until a lot of hardship has unfolded around the world - until circumstances knock us back there kicking and screaming.