Message from @Mal
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So you're forever fucked because good luck getting a leader the people want
no
it doesn't work that way
populism is nice
Elon musk confirmed alt right nazi
The entire UK electoral system is fucked
How can a party who came 3rd with nearly 4 million votes not have a single elected MP
Well e had 1 but he left
it's because you guys don't have a proportionate voting system
Pretty much. First past the post kills any real opposition to the main 2
and it doesn't benefit either the tories or labour to do electoral reform
It's pretty clear the MSM is only attacking Musk because he admitted he doesn't like them.
He was their hero before that.
I never understood the British "Alliance" System
Or just the fact you don't vote for your PMs
they voted for the politicians, who then point to a prime minister. Depending on the country and system, negative or positive parliamentarism then keeps or deposes that prime minister. It's pretty common way for things to work in constitutional monarchies, afaik.
the head of state isn't voted for either
Its silly. Because in a sense the PM isn't elected.
And if your party chooses to ally with another, to "Form a Government" it means only one of their leaders will be in charge
Not the one you voted for
Technically, the US could be doing it this way right now, and vice versa
That would be the dumbest thing in the US, as it would trump the Seperation of Powers
It would be Congress deciding the President
@Goblin_Slayer_Floki No, I meant the fact that we vote for a president
the parties usually discuss who should become the PM, and what ministries should go to which party
Which again, isn't what the people are voting for.
And fractures an Administration
and in most countries that work like this, it's usually the biggest parties, or the ones with the mandate that tips the balance, that ends up with the PM's office
you vote for a politician to represent your views in parliament
TBH, the parliamentary system is quite clunky and dangerously inefficient
But in a sense the 2nd and 3rd place winners COULD outdue the 1st place due to the alliance
Ergo the votes hardly matter
there are pros and cons to all of the systems of parliamentarism that currently exist
negative parliamentarism works fairly well here in Denmark, where minority governments can rule, provided they do not have a united opposition giving them a vote of no confidence. Allows for very centrist policy decisions to be made.
But again ignores the people.
Whats the point of voting if the opposite will happen?
It would be like everyone voting Tori and the Labor gets it
it is a representative democracy, not a direct one.
it's a republic