Comments by "리주민" (@user-nf9xc7ww7m) on "Why are American Politics more polarizing than ever before? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

  1. Many real democracies (including republics) have proportional representation or MMP, allowing more than 2 possible choices. Also, with parliamentary systems, it isn't winner take all. Coalitions are required to govern with PR/MMP, unless a vast majority vote for a single party (such as in the recent New Zealand election, which is the first time that has happened since MMP was introduced). Having a coalition government means that firing a cabinet minister can trigger new elections. Switzerland, which is a collegial Republic, has had 4 parties governing since at least the 30s. A multiparty government (not just the legislature) tends to vastly lower corruption and promotes the n and c words politicians in america hate - negotiation and compromise.
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  2. I really don't care for the "dont cooperate with this party" mindset. Politicians are turning their backs to the voters who obviously put them there...unless they want to blame Russian hackers or something. Protestants used to say they wouldn't cooperate with Catholics and vice versa during the wars of religion in Europe. Look where that got us. Decades of war. Humanism thought us tolerance and cooperation. To toss away cooperation means we are going back to the "im right, submit or die" ways of old europe.
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  3. Aye. Put in scots and scottish gaelic.
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  4. The us would have to change its presidential system which can only be winner take all. If they made cabinet secretaries electable (and hence no longer yesmen to the president for fear of being fired) it could happen, and took away the veto (or at least majority cabinet can only veto), then it could work. Switzerland does just fine with 4 different parties running the govt.
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  6. New zealand has entered the chat.
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  7. Talking about the boogaloo boys while wearing a hawaiian shirt. Suspicious...😋
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  8. American democrat = centre right.
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  9. And then Fox came. 😋 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=il-22Q8mECc
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  10.  @MarxAlex  Pre-westphalia Europe. "I'm right, submit! Never compromise!"
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  11. Or why many African countries still have corrupt and murderous govts. I hear interviews from some of these leaders and they blame the old colonial system from many decades the same way north Korea blames the west.
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  12. America is the only country that uses the presidential system (winner take all executive) that has not yet devolved into dictatorship at some point in its history.
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  13.  @LukeTEvans  Solon would think Trump was a raving far left extremist. No slavery???? Women can vote???? No child labour of any kind???? No raping and pillaging for the glory of the nation???? Businesses in other countries rather than burning the enemies and creating colonies??? 😋
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  14.  @LukeTEvans  They both end up talking like this. Who to vote for Tweedledee or Tweedledum? What a flipping choice.
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