There are of course multiple ways to do multi-party systems, and the Brazilian system is quite different from some other multi-party systems. IMHO the state of

There are of course multiple ways to do multi-party systems, and the Brazilian system is quite different from some other multi-party systems. IMHO the state of things in the US seems unique dysfunctional. None of the major institutions really work as were intended. The constitution is so hard to change that it's effectively ossified, which results in the Supreme Court deciding on huge swaths of life. In a healthy democratic system, many of these should be decided by democratic vote and not a tea-leaf reading of a vague 250-year old sentence.