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The American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way. This is why I dont like the system. The Europeans are making it much better, becau
by 88840-8855 5y ago
The American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way. This is why I dont like the system. The Europeans are making it much better, because they force parties to have coalition. The European democracies are not doing what the majority wants, but assures that the minorities are not left behind.
Just because many many people voted for Trump or the Brexit it doesn't make this good or right.
- nradov 5y agoYou seem to have a misunderstanding of how democracy works in Europe. There are many different countries in the continent and only some of them have parliamentary systems; others operate more like the USA (and there's even a dictatorship or two). In a parliamentary system a party that wins an outright majority can form a government on their own and do what they want; parties are only forced to form coalitions when they lack a majority.
- zeku 5y agoI think he was being too short to address your criticism. America only ends up with a majority because the system creates and only has room for 2 political parties. If America had a more hand wavey European like system, then America would likely have 2+ parties.
- NikolaeVarius 5y ago> American misconception of democracy is that the majority decides the way I don't understand, a large part of the last 20-30 years of American elections have been an entire outrage over how a such a small amount of people can have such outsized results in elections because of how the system is structured. Its literally the opposite of your take.
- Qem 5y agoMajorities don't decide the way in US. Even a president can be elected without being the most voted by the majority of citizens, due to the crazy delegate system.