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Responding to the question "what are the long-lived, stable democracies?" by giving an answer that has "pauses for getting raided and split up and ruled by our
by mrtranscendence 5y ago
Responding to the question "what are the long-lived, stable democracies?" by giving an answer that has "pauses for getting raided and split up and ruled by our strong neighbors" misses the point of the question. Also, your Wikipedia cite has this gem:
> Particularly in the late 17th and 18th centuries, the political instability from the elections led numerous political writers to suggest major changes to the system
That doesn't sound very stable?
- scotty79 5y agoI thought you meant stable as not collapsing into authoritarianism. I called it stable because it was a kind of a democracy for all that time. It wasn't petrified like US democracy is. Changes were suggested and some were implemented for the benefit of the people and the system. In Europe democracy wasn't our secular religion with founding dogma. It was just a good idea that was allowed to evolve rapidly to become better. Whatever your response to this is, I concede. I'm way too ignorant about history (of USA and in general) to discuss those subjects. Apologies.