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On the other hand you have European systems like the one in Italy where you have a lot of parties, all of which STILL not represent their voters and when they g

On the other hand you have European systems like the one in Italy where you have a lot of parties, all of which STILL not represent their voters and when they govern (together, mostly) they get nothing done because they don't agree on a single thing.

cies 4y ago
> they get nothing done That's not a bug, it's a feature. :)
- logifail 4y ago
  > That's not a bug, it's a feature There are times when just leaving the status quo in place might well be the most desirable outcome for the majority of people, indeed deciding not to act is an option almost everywhere ... except in the voting booth. I repeatedly joke with my friends about how "the Belgian option" (a record 589 days without an elected government[0]) should be listed on every ballot paper. Musk was alluding to this with his recent tweet about Biden[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Belgian_government_formation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%932011_Belgian_gove... [1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1524883482836623373 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1524883482836623373
japanuspus 4y ago
Your wording seems to imply that the US system has a working parliament, which has clearly not been the case for the last couple of election cycles?
thomastjeffery 4y ago
Here in the USA, many people I know (myself included) voted for Biden in hopes that less would "get done", because at least it would slow the damage that Trump and the GOP were doing to our world. I would much rather have a more progressive candidate like Bernie Sanders as a viable option, but he (and others) dropped out to support the most likely non-right-wing candidate (Biden); because that is the only option you have in a two party system.