September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It"

Re:September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" by eszed on Saturday February 22, 2025 @06:08PM (#43144247)

Indeed. However, parliamentary democracies have a better track record of stability than federal structures (modeled after that of the US). Adjust for cultural and historical differences as you see fit, but the US has heretofore been an outlier.

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Re:September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" by klooney on Saturday February 22, 2025 @06:17PM (#43144307)

Matt Yglesias wrote a great summary of this awhile back- https://www.vox.com/2015/3/2/8120063/american-democracy-doom...

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Re:September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" by rv3392 on Saturday February 22, 2025 @08:16PM (#43145208)

Very interesting read as an Australian. Helped me with understanding why US politics feels so different to Australia despite the cultural similarities.

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Re:September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" by piva00 on Saturday February 22, 2025 @08:48PM (#43145445)

Thanks for sharing, that was a great and prescient article.

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Re:September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" by eszed on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:24PM (#43152876)

That's the very article I remembered, but couldn't find, when I wrote my comment.Your google-fu is better than mine!

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