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Extreme partisan politics, and it’s associated funding, seems to be a very American thing. Many EU countries (like Germany) have proportional representation sy
by avianlyric 9y ago
Extreme partisan politics, and it’s associated funding, seems to be a very American thing.
Many EU countries (like Germany) have proportional representation systems that eradicate two-party control.
Even in the UK where we do have two-party politics, the minor parties still pull in substantial voter share. And you don’t see extreme spending during campaigns. UK politics looks pretty shabby compared to spectacular that is US policial campaigning.
Anyway The point I’m trying to make is that publications relying on partisan funding isn’t really a danger in the EU. European media and politics is nothing like the US.
- blfr 9y agoAmericans spend a lot on politics because they're much richer than Europeans and can spend a lot on everything. You see it with healthcare, houses, cars... GDP per capita in the US is a third higher than in Germany and the US is four times more populous on top of that. The amount of wealth sloshing over there is incomparable.