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When democracy regresses to essentially a 2-party system, then accountability is pretty limited. Essentially an omerta is established between the two main parti
by m000 5y ago
When democracy regresses to essentially a 2-party system, then accountability is pretty limited. Essentially an omerta is established between the two main parties. Then, the ruling party knows that they can rule however they want, and they're pretty much guaranteed to bounce back in power eventually.
That could be even worse than the accountability of a strongman/autocratic leader. An autocrat may be harder to dispose of, but at least you know they're not very likely to bounce back.
- consumer451 5y ago> When democracy regresses to essentially a 2-party system, then accountability is pretty limited. I agree with that one hundred percent. I am not arguing that any one implementation of democracy is The Way, but that the concept is generally superior to other known alternatives. > Omertà Thanks for the new vocabulary word! That's a great one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omert%C3%A0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omert%C3%A0