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Arguably every election that brings in a new government is a reboot. A revolution is more like wiping the drive and installing a new OS.
by simonh 4y ago
Arguably every election that brings in a new government is a reboot. A revolution is more like wiping the drive and installing a new OS.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoA revolution is more like wiping the drive and installing a new OS - from a backup that still contains malware from the previous revolution.
- scoopertrooper 4y agoI'd say it's more like an upgrade. The release notes promise all sorts of improvements, but they often bring new bugs.
- KineticLensman 4y ago> Arguably every election that brings in a new government is a reboot. A revolution is more like wiping the drive and installing a new OS. In the UK, Governments change but Parliament persists. The basics mechanism of state are unchanged until a new Govt defines and votes through new policies. Unlike the US, the UK's civil service doesn't substantially change as a result of an election. The last really significant change to Parliament was perhaps the 1832 reform act which got of rotten boroughs - constituencies with few if any voters that still returned MPs. Since then the House of Commons has gained primary over the House of Lords, whose main role now is delaying/modifying Govt proposals. The last big reboot was the Restoration.