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All academic since it would never actually happen, but it seems like 3rd parties enjoy more success under parliamentary systems, and super unpopular governments can be tossed out more easily. Would things be any better?

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[–] RION@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well not all the same issues. Healthcare isn't nearly as expensive in other western countries, most of them don't have to worry about their FICO (Social) credit score, all that jazz

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Healthcare isn't nearly as expensive in other western countries

There's zero correlation between that and having a parlamentary system imo.

[–] RION@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

☝️🤓 Akshually there would be some correlation by sheer virtue of the US having the worst healthcare costs while also being one of the only "full" presidential systems in that category

Whether there's an actual relationship (which I'm guessing is what you meant) is less clear, but I think there's gotta be some association. There have been efforts to reform healthcare since Nixon's time, but they were always able to throw up their hands and abandon it due to nebulous partisan gridlock (of course, informed by moneyed interests trying to keep the govt from busting up their profits). With the more fluid governments and coalitions of parliaments it's possible we would have seen alignment on something

[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's just a more sage way of divvying up the spoils of imperialism

[–] RION@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

¯\_༼ •́ ͜ʖ •̀ ༽_/¯ I'm not advancing this as a way to transform empire into a benevolent figure on the world stage, I'm just wondering if it would be any better at all for anyone

[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would,but that would be a bad thing

[–] RION@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I get the sentiment, but also I would like if my arthritic, cancer survivor mother didn't have to pay out the ass for medication she needs to function. Just daydreaming over here

[–] RomCom1989@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

Fair enough,can't exactly scold people crushed under the weight of the machine for wanting some relief