RandallFlagg
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- Dec 5, 2012
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Do you have a specific example of a "one party dictatorship"? What I mean by a better system is something like what they have in UK (or in most European democracies, though the British model is the best). I don't think Canada can be described as a one party dictatorship. But they do allow one party to take full control over the government, so the party agenda can be properly implemented and its vision tested.
In other words, you don't have to suffer from government gridlocks in order to avoid a dictatorship -- that is a false choice. You can have it both -- a strong democracy AND a functioning government.
Sure! The USSR. China. Iran. North Korea.
Those are not democracies.
No. I'll stick with the system that has been the envy of the world for well over 200 years.
No, it hasn't. Those trying to implement presidential system end up with either similar gridlocks -- like France -- or, more often, the gridlocks are resolved when the President simply usurps all the power, like Putin did in Russia.
This system was bad from the start. Its drawback are showing up lately because the pace of change is accelerating. Sure you can fight for it tooth and nail, just as you may jump from the roof -- it's your choice, but it is bad for you.
This conversation is over. I have nothing but pity for you.