Much as I like the Federalist papers, the idea that the last word on governance was written >200 years ago is foolish. After all, the founding fathers didn't believe in concepts like universal suffrage or standing armies, and yet here we are with both. I wish people would stop citing them like some sort of religious authorities instead of just relatively wise men whose ideas worked well in an earlier era but have since been fetishized to the point of irrationality.

Personally I want to get rid of representative government as soon as possible and move towards a participatory model instead.