There also needs to be more democracy in policy-making and legislating. I think we need to transition to delegative democracy with more direct democracy when possible. Representatives/delegates should be subject to recall by popular vote. Perhaps it could be linked to popularity polls among their constituents. If the majority of a representative's constituents have an unfavorable opinion of them, they should automatically be recalled and replaced. Digital democracy is a good idea. Possibly we could create a system that allows direct popular votes via internet or phone apps to veto laws passed by legislators. Candidates for public office should be chosen via sortition/lottery, eliminating career politicians. And the voters should chose from the randomly-selected candidates. And voting should be done by "ranked-choice voting" or "instant-runnoff voting", so that people can choose their first, second, and third preferred option...that way we can avoid the dilemma of the wasted vote and the tragedy of always having to vote for the "lesser of two evils." We need to update our republican system to something more republican. That would help a lot. Because we really should not have laws that are not agreed with by the majority of the populace.
I hope you'll write more on the topic of policing. Do you happen to have any ideas about particular reforms or changes that you would like to see implemented? If so, I'd really like to see a post on that topic.
Thanks for the incredible feedback. I have plans for a few posts pertaining to the decriminalization of marijuana and certain narcotics, and a post about subpoenas that many people would find interesting, I think.