When there is something truly bad, you don't have half the country defending it because it was their party. That proportion exists, but it's far smaller.
Why do you feel this is good, or better than 50/50 2-party?
With America's system, you only have to convince a tiny amount of people to flip the outcome from one 50 to the other, but if you have like 80/20 and the 80 is wrong then there's no prayer of finding and convincing 30% of the population to switch. That's impossible, but finding 1% that will listen to reason is totally possible.
Put another way, Hitler took over with about 1/3 of parliament. Mussolini with only 7%! Democrats in USA can barely get their way even with allegedly >50% of the vote.
American winner-take-all works because most people are idiots and they're kept busy yelling at each other on the twitters instead of ruling.
With America's system, you only have to convince a tiny amount of people to flip the outcome from one 50 to the other, but if you have like 80/20 and the 80 is wrong then there's no prayer of finding and convincing 30% of the population to switch. That's impossible, but finding 1% that will listen to reason is totally possible.
Problem is that it can also go the other way. It is true that exercising any sort of political influence is almost impossible in a parliamentary system. I guess the saving grace is that this is also true for leftists more radical than the elites already are.
Put another way, Hitler took over with about 1/3 of parliament. Mussolini with only 7%!
Rest assured that in today's Europe, you couldn't get your way with 2/3 of the vote - if you're up against the elites.
Democrats in USA can barely get their way even with allegedly >50% of the vote.
I disagree. On the stuff that matters to the elites, both parties agree.
Why do you feel this is good, or better than 50/50 2-party?
With America's system, you only have to convince a tiny amount of people to flip the outcome from one 50 to the other, but if you have like 80/20 and the 80 is wrong then there's no prayer of finding and convincing 30% of the population to switch. That's impossible, but finding 1% that will listen to reason is totally possible.
Put another way, Hitler took over with about 1/3 of parliament. Mussolini with only 7%! Democrats in USA can barely get their way even with allegedly >50% of the vote.
American winner-take-all works because most people are idiots and they're kept busy yelling at each other on the twitters instead of ruling.
Problem is that it can also go the other way. It is true that exercising any sort of political influence is almost impossible in a parliamentary system. I guess the saving grace is that this is also true for leftists more radical than the elites already are.
Rest assured that in today's Europe, you couldn't get your way with 2/3 of the vote - if you're up against the elites.
I disagree. On the stuff that matters to the elites, both parties agree.
This is why America is failing right now, the uniparty, and it's probably because of blackmail or the need to raise lots of money.
The adversarial system only works when they are adversaries not best buds.