Reimagining Politics: A Simple Modern Idea to Transform Democracy

Innovating and building a more transparent political party system

So, you want to someone/anyone to fix the system? The sounds complicated but it's actually very simple. Here's the 411.

No, George Washington didn’t chop down his father’s cherry tree—and he didn’t belong to any political party. Washington believed political factions would serve self-interest and the wealthy, much like the other George: King George.

Washington was right. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s clear the system has crashed—well, except for the stock market (you can’t crash paper easily, but give it time).

As the only professional solution architect to analyze where we are and how we got here, I see the problem clearly. Political parties aren’t in the Constitution, and they aren’t necessary to run a government. Their value lies in preventing chaos—like 1,000 independent candidates running at once.

However, political parties must operate under a governance model. Just like corporations or any other sustainable system, without governance, you don’t have a viable structure.

The solution? Build governance around America’s party systems. We created governance models for corporations; it’s time to do the same for political parties.

Here’s the key: no one is in charge of the party system. Americans have the power to design the governance model, establish the rules, and hand them to the system. Once the party structure is in order, everything else falls into place—building new cities, addressing poverty, and preparing for the unprecedented health crisis of aging baby boomers.

It’s a straightforward fix for a complex problem—if we’re ready to act.