Comment Re:Two party system? (Score 2, Insightful) 614
I'm not sure that the US and UK systems need any fixing. Yes, politics is an odd spectator sport, but the citizens of the U.S., numbering over a quarter million, enjoy a spectacular amount of freedom, wealth, creativity, and economic dynamism -- look around you and observe how much of what you use on a day to day basis was brought cheaply to the masses by Americans (or by creative and ambitious people who flock to its shores) -- cars, computers, the internet, domestic refrigeration, etc.,... Obviously we all benefit tremendously from this behemoth of a country that so many of us like to consider a "failure" for its people. It's strange but Americans, by and large, don't seem to care about these "failures" as much as outsiders do.
America is ruled by the Madisonian system of government, which rests on the premise that no government elected by the people shall exercise any significant degree of rule over the freedoms of its citizens. Notwithstanding any violations dug up by the millions of reporters teeming within the walls of politics, it really doesn't matter who's in "power" there, so long as the foundation of the system -- freedom -- is inviolable. Yes government is corrupt, but it's corrupt everywhere. What Americans seem to get, though, is that the best way to combat corruption is to limit government power, not "optimise" its selection process. Pluralities with too much power are exactly as dangerous as majorities and dictators. It doesn't matter how they got there, so long as their only purpose is to stay in.
America is ruled by the Madisonian system of government, which rests on the premise that no government elected by the people shall exercise any significant degree of rule over the freedoms of its citizens. Notwithstanding any violations dug up by the millions of reporters teeming within the walls of politics, it really doesn't matter who's in "power" there, so long as the foundation of the system -- freedom -- is inviolable. Yes government is corrupt, but it's corrupt everywhere. What Americans seem to get, though, is that the best way to combat corruption is to limit government power, not "optimise" its selection process. Pluralities with too much power are exactly as dangerous as majorities and dictators. It doesn't matter how they got there, so long as their only purpose is to stay in.
