I didn't know that. That's very cool.

You're also the only person who's right about the point of the article. It seems like most people here didn't read it yet responded with half-cocked tribalism.

That said implementation would be difficult. The youngest voting block would need to be inspired en masse to participate in local government. Municipal and County first, then State.

That would be a realistic source of change. The current status quo has no incentive to implement changes like this.

The other hurdle is that even at a local level America has a brand of corruption that blocks this sort of progress if it doesn't have enough popular momentum. It's not just political. It's related to taxes and how money is moved around and handled that the article hints at. For example, America has a lot of small businesses that sell many different things but their one real job is cleaning money.

There's also the fact that historically American culture is more competitive and exclusive socially than places like Switzerland. Getting people here to work together and look beyond their differences for something that's just practical problem solving is easier said than done.

  In Switzerland, your neighborhood votes on whether you should become a citizen.