The United States’ Unamendable Constitution

Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by tomp on Thursday October 27, 2022 @04:57PM (#33363931)

No, because I don't care about averages. I care about minimum, and maybe maximum.

The worst for representative democracy is literally Hitler. The second worst (you could argue that Hitler was a unique set of circumstances) is the dysfunctional German, Italian, or French states.

The best case is probably Switzerland (party proportions barely change, I assume because the power of parliament is diminished because of elements of direct democracy that Swiss practice).

What's the worst case for first-past-the-post democracy?

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by kelseyfrog on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:50PM (#33364517)

Thanks for being transparent. When I say stable, I'm referring to regime-years which is a standard way of operationalizing stability in comparative politics. It makes sense that if you're interested in things other than regime-years then most of what I have to share isn't going to be interesting to you.

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