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The alternative to the US system isn't direct democracy. First-past-the-post is the main problem. Better democratic systems are used all over the world where
by Peaker 13y ago
The alternative to the US system isn't direct democracy.
First-past-the-post is the main problem. Better democratic systems are used all over the world where actual parties that represent a spectrum of opinions get actually elected.
Direct democracy has huge drawbacks as well.
- TheLegace 13y agoI agree it's the problem in Canada as well. For the first time a third party was able to come ahead of one of the two parties, but this had disastrous effects as it provided the opposition party a majority government and overall weakened the power of the center-left and left. And right now I have to decide if my vote will mean anything if I vote for the third party. The third party's platform will be mixed proportional representation. Which I hope we see one day so maybe this won't be such an issue any more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0I-sdoSXU