The Founders Warned Us
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wrote on 4 Aug 2023, 12:17 last edited by
The way our government is set up, pretty much lends itself to a two party system. Third parties have never been very successful.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2023, 12:24 last edited by
Look at the disagreements between Jefferson and Adams, and you can see the roots of the 2-party system.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2023, 12:53 last edited by
Yes, but look what its come to. Dysfunction.
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wrote on 4 Aug 2023, 13:50 last edited by
No more so than the parliamentary system. I was going to offer the election of Trudeau as evidence of how badly such a system can get screwed up, but then I thought of the tottering old thief we have in the Whitehouse...
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wrote on 4 Aug 2023, 16:03 last edited by
Try Israel. Many parties. Five elections in three years before a governing coalition is formed.
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No more so than the parliamentary system. I was going to offer the election of Trudeau as evidence of how badly such a system can get screwed up, but then I thought of the tottering old thief we have in the Whitehouse...
wrote on 8 Aug 2023, 01:41 last edited by Renauda 8 Aug 2023, 02:11@Jolly said in The Founders Warned Us:
No more so than the parliamentary system. I was going to offer the election of Trudeau as evidence of how badly such a system can get screwed up, but then I thought of the tottering old thief we have in the Whitehouse...
Nothing the matter with the parliamentary system, just the Trudeau Liberal Party’s inability to govern as a serious government. The lack of seriousness in Ottawa will change in very short order.
The institution of parliamentary governance remains strong as ever regardless of the amateurs we repeatedly elect to office.