(May 14, 2013 at 10:35 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: And it would been a little better if was non-partisanship republic, but it's not.
I disagree. If the elected leaders were all on the same side, they could pass pretty much any legislation they wanted. If you think they're doing a bad job now, imagine if they were effectively unstoppable.
One thing I like about a democratic system of government is that it tends to have various groups pulling in different directions. Sure, some good ideas will die this way, but I'm thinking that a whole lot of bad ones also fail to pass.
About the only time you get a "non-partisan" government is when it's an individual or small group that has all of the power. And history has many examples of those, and don't think that any of them were preferable to the partisan 'mess' we have in the USA.
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