Message from @koscheiundying

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2019-09-16 01:45:06 UTC  

Adding to koscheiundying's point, is there a governmental system, current or historic, that doesn't have a single figurehead. Hmmm. Might Google that. I mean obviously the president has limited power but it's interesting.

2019-09-16 01:45:50 UTC  

Andora has co-executives

2019-09-16 01:47:06 UTC  

Oooo

2019-09-16 01:48:02 UTC  

But all I'm really talking about is that the head of government in a democratic system should either be elected by popular vote or indirectly elected like in the US, through a body that doesn't serve some other major governmental/political function

2019-09-16 01:49:48 UTC  

having the legislature appoint the executive is a shitshow waiting to happen, IMO

2019-09-16 01:51:02 UTC  

Very interesting, I didn't know that so thanks for piquing my curiosity

2019-09-16 01:53:56 UTC  

I can see why that might be a problem, the legislative body may well want to influence who gets in based purely from wanting to make their job easier. Is that your primary concern with it?

2019-09-16 01:54:55 UTC  

I think it tips the balance of power too heavily towards the legislature

2019-09-16 01:56:07 UTC  

A lot of the rhetoric about the proroguing is basically "Boris is defying the sovereignty of the parliament" or something to that effect

2019-09-16 01:56:58 UTC  

which is obviously a terrible take

2019-09-16 01:57:16 UTC  

Ahoy !

2019-09-16 01:57:36 UTC  

Presumably because democracy is more important than the power of the legislative branch in your opinion?

2019-09-16 01:57:47 UTC  

sort of

2019-09-16 01:58:18 UTC  

legislative and executive power are considered seperate things for a reason

2019-09-16 01:58:31 UTC  

Giving the legislature so much control over the latter isn't a good idea

2019-09-16 01:58:41 UTC  

We need to implement a Social Credit System ASAP

2019-09-16 01:58:56 UTC  

:|

2019-09-16 01:59:04 UTC  

any more than it would be to give the executive tons of power over the legislature

2019-09-16 01:59:39 UTC  

Makes sense, something interesting for me to think about at least

2019-09-16 01:59:51 UTC  

that said, regarding the multiple executive things

2019-09-16 02:00:09 UTC  

actually nevermind

2019-09-16 02:00:17 UTC  

Hahah no worries

2019-09-16 02:01:24 UTC  

eh, whatever

2019-09-16 02:02:06 UTC  

I'd been thinking about a concept for a constitutional monarchy that does a sort of co-executive thing with the monarch and an elected president

2019-09-16 02:02:29 UTC  

not really a serious "I think this is a thing that should be implemented" kind of idea, though

2019-09-16 02:02:52 UTC  

but it does seem like there'd be a couple advantages

2019-09-16 02:03:55 UTC  

I'd say the speeches from this anime can apply to today

2019-09-16 02:05:20 UTC  

Personally I'm bracing myself for an immortal A.I. construct out of San Francisco to just sieze power

2019-09-16 02:05:53 UTC  

Skynet

2019-09-16 02:06:03 UTC  

Or Cortana

2019-09-16 02:06:20 UTC  

It'll be that but funded by Facebook

2019-09-16 02:07:01 UTC  

Although kosch, your idea sounds pretty similar to the uk but I'm guessing with tweaks

2019-09-16 02:07:07 UTC  

Like a Constitution for one

2019-09-16 02:07:28 UTC  

the power would be shared more equally

2019-09-16 02:07:36 UTC  

I know the queen does have power

2019-09-16 02:07:38 UTC  

but it's not a lot

2019-09-16 02:08:09 UTC  

that said, the idea was more based around the american system, so I don't know how well certain things translate

2019-09-16 02:09:32 UTC  

But that's a point though