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Originally Posted by DaleMN
Common sense and intellect doesn't seem to be applicable with the extreme divisiveness present in our country and I'm not sure we will ever be able to overcome that. Neither "side" seems to want to be the first to blink. 
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Sir Karl Popper has a lot of good ideas about taking back government when they seem to insist that their authority to do things is based on their false claims of superior knowledge.
Here's a good introduction to his thinking.
Sir Karl Popper "Science as Falsification," 1963
Karl Popper, the enemy of certainty, part 1: a rejection of empiricism | Liz Williams | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Professor Jeremy Shearmur - Audio & Video Lectures | The Great Courses®
With the Internet, I also believe that almost anyone with a computer and the will to use it can make his or her voice heard especially if that person knows whom to write.