Re: The joy of Democracy

On 4 Oct 2024 07:42:44 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 03:53:28 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

On 4 Oct 2024 02:53:36 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 00:37:13 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

Here in NZ we got the system changed as a result of a referendum in
1993, getting rid of British-style first-past-the-post in favour of
German-style MMP.

 
That has worked so well for Germany.

 
Yes it has. It has kept them from having another storming of the
Reichstag. Unlike what happened in the USA during the term of your own
would-be dictator.

 
Oh, horseshit.

Their voting system was put in place under Konrad Adenauer after World War
II, and was designed specifically to ensure a dictator could never take
power again. It worked so well, that’s why we in NZ copied it.

Perhaps time for the US (one of those Allies who defeated Germany,
remember) to give it a try?