Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again

Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by mrd3v0 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:05AM (#38203090)

It is a symptom of a failing democratic system that is basically a two-party system. There are only two countries in Europe that employ FPTP: the UK....and Belarus.

Labour will need to be pressured into democratic measures that might not be in its best interest as a party.

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Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by moffkalast on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:12AM (#38203564)

Tbf, having a coalition system doesn't really solve it either. You avoid some of the more egregious edge case results, but overall having a few large parties that agree on nothing eventually has them unable to form a functional government and the ones that manage to do so fall apart before their term is up.

Having a system with political parties at all is the crux of the issue and we can't move forward without addressing that. We are tribal in nature, and if you give people the slightest excuse to form smaller groups they'll fight other groups forever.

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Re:Are we doing this again? Yes, we're doing this again by zmgsabst on Thursday November 09, 2023 @07:01AM (#38203929)

Germany and Sweden both face similar problems with “protected assailants”.

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