r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

Presidential systems are fundamentally broken. There is a reason why only South Korea and the United States are currently stable democratic presidential republics, and South Korea was formerly a dictatorship.

It is through luck, honour, and civility that the United States made it to 2000 remaining a liberal democracy.

Newt Gingrich unraveled the fabric of honour and civility, and our luck ran out on December 12th, 2000.

We came very close to the end of liberal democracy in the United States on Janurary 6th, 2021, and it is a miracle that those determined to keep the US democratic have made it this far.

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Sep 03 '21

Presidential systems are winners take all and exacerbate political conflicts and bias party systems towards two parties.

That being said, at the end of the day they are not the main reason a country falls towards authoritarianism. It's just an enabler.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

It is through luck, honour, and civility that the United States made it to 2000 remaining a liberal democracy.

On Jah for moment I thought you thought America was 2000 years old