As I see it the fundamental flaw with the US democracy is its 'winner-take-all' electoral system. The WTA system discriminates against smaller parties, and governments with WTA electoral systems tend to be dominated by two parties. Two party systems are easily corruptible (why contribute to just one party when you could just contribute to both and be assured influence, regardless of happens in the elections?) and tend to only serve the interests of the rich well. The way to break the two party system would be to change the electoral system to something that is more proportionally representative, or maybe even …
- Joined September 16, 2005
- Last Visit September 16, 2005
IN THESE TIMES COMMUNITY MEMBERS
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
- 6.
- 7.
- 8.
Ignoring Outrage, Obama Set to Expand Pentagon Presence in Colombia
- 9.
- 10.
RSS Feed