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>The US is a very non-ideal country, but it's a working one. The US works because of the multilayer democracy process. The combination of federalism and separ
by TMWNN 5y ago
>The US is a very non-ideal country, but it's a working one.
The US works because of the multilayer democracy process.
The combination of federalism and separation of powers in the US is slow, by design. It provides multiple layers of protection against bad ideas. It allows for the governance of a continent-sized country composed of 50 semi-sovereign entities, each acting as mini laboratories for good ideas that can spread elsewhere and to Washington DC.
- sneak 5y agoMany other places work better without this system, so I'm not sure your conclusion supports your premise.
- TMWNN 5y agoFeel free to name the country with more than 100 million people, a continent-sized geography, and a multitude of ethnicities that works "better" than the US. Heck, raise the minimum population to 130 million and use that as the sole criterion. To put another way, every one of the countries with a GDP per capita (PPP-adjusted) (<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...>) higher than the US has a population smaller than that of Los Angeles County.