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US revolutionary era propaganda such as Common Sense aside, the UK's parliamentary system was effectively a modern democracy before the US even existed, so if a
by resoluteteeth 4y ago
US revolutionary era propaganda such as Common Sense aside, the UK's parliamentary system was effectively a modern democracy before the US even existed, so if anything parliamentary systems are older and more tested.
Just because the US has accomplished things in other areas doesn't mean its political system is automatically good.
Additionally, the US political system strongly encourages appeals to vocal minorities based on the way primaries interact with the two party system, so to blame this on vocal groups and say it's not the fault of the political system is backwards.
- qwytw 4y ago> UK's parliamentary system was effectively a modern democracy It objectively wasn't, especially untill the Reform Act 1832 removed the rotten buroughs. In 1780 less than 3% of all people living England had the right to vote and that had only increased to ~15% by 186. Even universal suffrage for men was only introduced in 1918, while at least almost all white men had the right to vote in the US by the 1850's.