And what decision were made in 1800?   What was our population; how fast was communication, how powerful were publicly held corporations.   Did we have reason to be concerned about environmental degradation when we had most of a continant to harness.  Did intercontinental missle give 1800 the possibility of ending life as we know it?   What means a lack of privacy in 1800, versus the modern ways to infringe on your privacy, national, in minutues.     Just keep going.     

There  have great men and women in todays world that will work cooperatively on problems common to all.    Seems very few of them have any interest in the political profession.