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Is this what real Democracy looks like? Amazing how America seems like one of the only first world countries without a Parliament
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@firstwavenegativity6379 Multiple parties for one and in case you haven't realized parliamentary systems incentivize multiple parties where numerous parties hold small minorities of the total seats in parliament. Secondly, a parliamentary democracy doesn't elect a King like we do here with the president and executive branch (who, over the years, has only gained in power and influence, going as far to just ignore the Constitution when it's convenient). At the end of the day, Congress has the least amount of power out of the House, Senate and the White House, and yet it's undoubtable the most democratic part & democratically elected sector of the federal government. If the US wanted to be more democratic but still retain a republic and representative democracy, we would transition Congress as the US's parliament and do away with the Senate and the executive branch almost entirely. You make the president the prime minister who leads and, in turn, serves parliament and then you have the districts and the people directly control their representatives, which would determine which parties hold what percentage of seats. It's essentially been proven already, but this more direct democracy is why other countries are able to elect multiple parties into parliament even if they're just holding 1-5 seats total. American corporate corruption and the media have a lot to do with the existence of the duopoly too, but it's just as true that the convoluted separation of the federal gov't into an executive and legislative branch has only eroded the American's people control over their own gov't and laws.
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@firstwavenegativity6379 I did answer your question. France and European parliaments do not have an executive branch as the US does. We elect a president that acts more like a King than any parliamentary gov't does with their prime minister. In other countries, the Prime Minister handles matters of state, but they answer to & serve parliament as the leader of the party that currently holds a plurality in parliament. Our president does not answer to Congress because our legislative branch is separate from our executive branch. It's the reason why we have so many unilateral decisions in America from the top down, rather than elected representatives from 400 different districts across the United States voting for & having the final say on issues like going to war, establishing weapons deals with Saudi Arabia or bombing Somalia. In America, even if Congress votes for the specific issue, the President has veto power, along with executive power to do many of these things without Congress's approval. In other words, the primary difference is the concentration of power from the top down, which is far more intensive within the US federal gov't.
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