Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Cheating - Rules, Part 2 - Extra Politics - Part 5" video.

  1. The way we deal with this issue here in Norway is quite simple. Multiple parties in a parliament that can replace a cabinet at will in case of issues. By having more then just two political parties a single party never is able to get their politics through on their own. So you end up with people having to be nice to eachother in order to get their policies through, if they don't, or if they cheat and get caught doing something that harms other political parties then those parties simply won't support you anymore costing you your power. On the flip side, if people do behave well then they're rewarded with additional power. The conservatives in Norway has spent several years cleaning up their reputation from a time when they used to be thought of as all about the wealthy few and caring little for others to now being a mainstream center-right wing political party that is willing to cooperate most of the other political parties to get through their policies because they genuinly believe that said policies are good for the country (even if I as a left wing guy don't always agree with those policies they've at least proven that they truly do care about them) and as a party that is willing to make compromises with other political parties to get things done and as a result they've gained political power because more political parties are willing to cooperate with them and more people are voting for them and the parties willing to support them. On the flip side the labour party has been neglecting their coalition partners forcing through their own policies at the cost of their partners. And sure, they've proven that they believe their own policies are the best for the country too (and I believe in many of them) but their reduced will to make compromises that also favour the smaller parties has cost them the power in this country as even people on the left like me turn towards parties in the political center in order to get those concerns across. And appart from the election a coalition partner of the conservatives the progress party has ministers who have made unacceptable statements or have been outright lying, the parliament as a result forced the cabinet to either replace that minister or leave, the cabinet was ready to go to protect this minister, but the minister in question decided to leave in order to protect the cabinet. She gained browny points for thinking of the cabinet first, the cabinet members got to show loyalty to its members, the parliament got rid of a minister causing trouble and everyone was reminded that you get more done by playing nice. So everyone wins. (Regarding small political parties, there's no lower limit to number of voters needed to get a representative in the parliament, as long as you're big enough in a election circle to get some proportional representation there, but all political parties with 4% of the voters or more get a significant amount of power as 19 of the 169 seats in our parliament are only given to political parties with more then 4% of the voters behind them that have less proportional representation then their popularity at a national level would suggest, so parties that are too small in the individual election circles to get enough seats there to be fairly represented because their voter base is spread out a lot for instance, the remaining 150 seats are given to parties proportionally based on their popularity in the individual election circles)
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