The strange case of Britain’s demise

Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by AtlasBarfed on Saturday December 17, 2022 @03:22PM (#34031837)

Two party polarized systems, aside from the murky money enabling shadow control of both parties, enables centralized control of policy because rather than on a per-issue consensus decision, it enforcesstrictly "party line" votes.

... the "party line" being decided by the small cabal in charge of making the "party line", usually the ones with the most access to monetary funds.

But the inability to see even 10% of party legislators deviate from party lines in various votes means that not only is rational policy not being well served, regional representation is being undermined since adhering to the party line does not optimize for the policy for their region/district.

And in the US house/senate, the seniority system is another undemocratic institution. Why should changing representatives reduce your effective power in a legislative house? I can't think of a system where codified seniority was a good thing

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Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by mannykannot on Sunday December 18, 2022 @10:19AM (#34038475)

Maybe I am reading something into your comment that isn't there, but I don't think this is particular to two-party systems. Israel is explicitly not a two-party system (it uses proportional representation), yet it seems to becoming increasingly and strongly polarized.

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