Time for a different type of change

"A problem cannot be solved at the same level it was created" - Albert Einstein

Change.

It would seem that word will forever be etched into the world of political spin. The country has problems, we need change. The current administration is the cause of it all, we need change. Everything will be better with me because I understand that WE NEED CHANGE

And I agree, we do need change. But is that what we will get with either of the main presidential candidates. Both of these men, and indeed their respective running mates, are all product of the current system. Each of them, behind all the spin and baby kissing, has been a part of the problem. As Einstein once said, problems cannot be solved at the level that created them. So how can we expect change to come from these two candidates?

The kind of change that is need is not one that will come from a single election. Or one that will come fast and easy. There has been suggestions that we need to totally rethink the place of government in our everyday lives. Indeed some have suggested that we go with an EU style. This would seem to make sense on many levels as things already work very much in this way. Instead of having a cluster of countries, each with it's own system of government, we have a cluster of states. There is no one ruler. EU member states take turns at the leadership role. Because each member only has a short period of time in this role they are more likely to act with more thought.

Compare this to the current system we have in the US. You have one person at the top with the power to change everyones lives. An how many of those decisions made are done so by their own prejudice and to meet their own ends? How many are truly made by listening to the people?

Change must come and change will come. But it will only arrive through the blood sweat and tears of the American people and not from the shiny silver words of those who preach it's virtues.