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The US is stuck at the reaching a concensus step. The system blocks participants until they do which is not so bad unless the participants categorically refuse
by satellite2 6y ago
The US is stuck at the reaching a concensus step. The system blocks participants until they do which is not so bad unless the participants categorically refuse to collaborate. In which case you can have a government blocked for many yeas as happened in Belgium.
And it's definitely not at the step of listening to smaller interests with only two major opinions being represented.
- satellite2 6y agoWhat might be lacking to accelerate the process a bit is a mechanism to eject participants that openly play to block the system.
- satellite2 6y agoBut that's if you consider that change is always good. Sometimes inertia can be the best move.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoThat will be abused by a slim majority to dominate a slim minority, by claiming that members of the slim minority are openly playing to block the system. At that point, you no longer have any requirement to reach a consensus - it's just "50% + 1 runs over 50% - 1".