I agree with much of what you say, and think you'd like the Swiss system which forces voters to take direct responsibility, one issue at a time. The parties are essentially advisory bodies. That… (View Post)

My guess is that they'll postpone abolition of the 45% for 2 years, and most critics will declare victory, for now. (View Post)

Arguably Italy would have too post-war, if it hadn't been for vigorous CIA intervention. Mosaddegh in Iraq is another one, overthrown by Western undercover operations: https://en.wikipedia.org/w… (View Post)

I still think the Danish option of unweighted lists is a happy compromise - yes, you have a party list, but you choose a specific person on it, and if party X gets N seats, they go to the N candidate… (View Post)

https://twitter.com/Omnisis/status/1575864278787444737?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet (View Post)