Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
by philistine on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:50PM
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You're looking at the world with your American blinders on. The rest of the world's elected representatives vote with their party or they leave their party. What you're describing is a fundamentally American phenomenon.
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Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
by 0xDEAFBEAD on Saturday February 21, 2026 @03:38AM
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But parties typically have to compromise with other parties in their coalition, so it would seem to amount to the same thing (compromise is required to pass legislation)?
Re:Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court
by vkou on Saturday February 21, 2026 @05:21AM
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Correct. The difference between FPTP and PR systems (Or countries with very strong regional parties) is that in a multi-party PR system, the coalition happens between party, in a FPTP two-party system, the coalition happens within the big tentpole parties.
There are many reasons for why two-party FPTP sucks, but this phenomena is present in multi-party systems, too. And, of course, sometimes politicians end up crossing the aisle, much to the chagrin of the party whip.