Losing Hope In Democracy?

And yet again, let me start this post with a warning, I am not going to be very factual right now, I am going to just throw around ideas that are in my head. I promise that later in the year I will research my posts more, but for now, bear with me. So, are people losing hope in democracy, or the government? In my mind, those are two completely different things. No one should ever lose their hope in democracy. There is a reason that people want to live in the U.S.A. There is a reason why America is great. People want to live here because we offer freedom. We offer a chance to get ahead in life using only your own hard work. Democracy is, in my opinion, on of the best forms of government that exists in this world. Of course, socialism is a great idea, but to be perfectly honest, I think it puts to much faith in human beings. We aren't perfect, we will always be greedy, some people will always lust for power, we will always screw up. That is why socialism will never work on a large scale. I'll get into socialism and democracy later, but for now, thats all I am going to say on that subject. No, people aren't losing faith in Democracy, they are losing faith in our government. Our government that has grown to value power more than serving the people, our government that has become so twisted and complicated, our government that worries more about staying in power than doing something. That is what people are losing faith in. Basically our corrupt government. Now, I am in no way insinuating that our government is corrupt like some third world country or something like that. No, I am saying that our government has become so different than what it was planned to be. Instead of serving the peoples needs, politicians work only to get reelected, they don't do anything to rash, so they can stay in power. What we need are politicians who aren't worried about staying in power, we need people who are willing to act on what they believe in, act in a way that will cause change. I think that we shouldn't pay politicians so much. That way, we could cut away all of the useless candidates who are just in the political scene for money. Only the people who actually care, who actually want to make a difference, will be in the running. Of course, that wouldn't cut out the power hungry, and I have no idea how to get them out of the picture. And now its late, I am going to cut this off at a sort of random point, but with a promise, I am going to write about more specific subjects later, for now, this will have to do.