What's your Utopian system of government for the country now known as the USA?

[Coolface Sock #42069]

A much weaker presidency that is strictly limited in effectiveness by the Constitution. The federal government only deals with defense and other foreign policy. Most laws are at the statewide level. The Constitution stipulates that the federal government may only perform certain functions (all having to do with foreign relations or defense), forcing us to get away from this top-down government that has us so polarized. The federal government still levies taxes directly on taxpayers, but these are for small amounts and, again, only go to defense and foreign relations. The federal government is also prohibited from using other means to force its will on states including the use of conditional grants, etc.

The Constitution also guarantees other rights (including all individual rights enshrined in the actual Constitution) and explicitly states that all state and local governments must respect those rights. The Constitution also explicitly states that all its wording is to be interpreted literally based on its plain text meaning and not as a “living document”.

Outside of this, the main thing that ails the American political system today is the people.