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Not that many parliaments are doing a fantastic job globally right now either, tho I do have a soft spot for them

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The Next Day's avatar The Next Day @incompetusrex.bsky.social
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When we covered parliamentary system in my comparative con law class, I still as an arrogant American thought our system was superior. And oh boy, have I revised that opinion in the last eight years

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GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸's avatar GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸 @genxjamerican.com
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The parliament of our former monarch in particular has done a particularly poor job if we’re going to be more specific.

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Woj's avatar Woj @swojack.bsky.social
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Our system is done and I think we need to stop pretending that there is something left to salvage. No matter what we vote in November it's clear we no longer operate under rules and laws and are no longer a democracy in any sense of the word. Time for us to accept America's 1st democracy failed.

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Wendell Albright's avatar Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social
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They just seem less bad than the US presidential/electoral college system...

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simongarlick's avatar simongarlick @simongarlick.net
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*laughs in south australia*

...where the state govt has just proposed a ban on political parties receiving electoral donations. Full stop.

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06...

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Tom Richardson's avatar Tom Richardson @tomrichardson.bsky.social
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I drew the argue for a parliament in the USA in a seventh grade debate, and stayed convinced that there's something there that we could use

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