To answer your question about politics being dirty... Politics is dirty since gaining power means winning via popularity, something not always (if ever) aligned with the truth.
There is no way to manage 300million people in 50 states. Power should always be decentralized so your state, county, city have more control; rather than your nation's capital.
The more collectivized the power structure is (the more power the national capital wields) the worse off we all are.
This is something I plan on blogging more about later on. Thanks for starting this great thread!
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