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> This is the norm in most European countries with functioning democracies. That sounds like the opposite problem, though. It's functioning, but if there's no
by philipallstar 1y ago
> This is the norm in most European countries with functioning democracies.
That sounds like the opposite problem, though. It's functioning, but if there's no real choice, it's barely a democracy.
- waffletower 1y agoAs dangerous as it seems to Americans steeped in turbulent politics, a democracy can indeed steer itself to a single effective choice. An American just has two choices (Coke or Pepsi, donkey or elephant) usually anyway -- this demonstrates a very similar refinement of choice.
- thomassmith65 1y agoThe dynamic they're describing isn't foreign to older Americans. It's how things worked in America until roughly 15 years ago.