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The smaller the country, the easier it is to find common grounds, or to reach a compromise that satisfies all parties. > An assembly is elected to write a new
by wereHamster 14y ago
The smaller the country, the easier it is to find common grounds, or to reach a compromise that satisfies all parties.
> An assembly is elected to write a new constitution [...]. The only qualifications for candidacy are adulthood and the support of 30 people.
This wouldn't work in a large country such as the USA. There are simply too many people with extreme views that would make such an election impossible.
- _pmf_ 14y agoSuccessful democracies are not characterized by allowing every fancy extremist undercurrent arbitrary veto power. In the USA, most controversial decisions are not blocked by extremists, but by representatives who confuse the dominating media presence of extremists with actual representation in the population. If the republicans would not go to such extreme lengths to accommodate the feelings of every conceivable nut case, they would probably be better off in the long run, and even non-schizophrenics would be able to see some direction in their politics.
- davidw 14y agoAbove comment is Exhibit A for "how to tell if an article is basically political in nature".
- visualcsharp 14y agoStill stuck in the false dichotomy red vs blue, R vs D, us vs them? You've got a lot of learning to do.