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ryan cooper

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this is true. but I'm increasingly convinced the basic structure of the thing, House-Senate-President, is just completely unworkable today

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Paul Rosenberg's avatar Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social
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"Parliamentary America" has a workable plan to fix it. My author interview here: www.salon.com/2024/03/09/c...

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left-bokononism's avatar left-bokononism @redletter.bsky.social
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I think the mythology of the thing is too strong to change the basic structure, at least v-a-v congress, president, court, but it desperately needs to be updated to radically change the way they work and relate to each other. Prop rep for the house, senate votes with house instead of separately, et

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RNtropy's avatar RNtropy @rntropy.bsky.social
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I'm far from the first person to note this, but there is a reason we didn't foist this system on other nations in the aftermath of WW2.

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