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0 pointsVeelox3y ago0 comments

> Meanwhile, Ireland manages to amend its constitution regularly [1] without exploding.

Ireland has population of ~5 million or about the same as Alabama. It isn't the best example.

Instead of a general critique could you instead offer a specific general improvement?

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I don't think it's fair that you were downvoted, at least without that person elaborating on why.

I would tend to agree that larger, more pluralistic societies may have a larger downside to the ability to rapidly changing their laws. As one group gets within power, they have the ability to make lots of changes, only to be upset by the next group that ascends to power. The U.S. has a history of voting out the current party in power and that constant whipsawing of policy might be a recipe for instability.

yencabulator3y ago

> The U.S. has a history of voting out the current party in power and that constant whipsawing of policy might be a recipe for instability.

That's largely a US two-party thing. Elsewhere, there's not as much a singular "party in power", and they all need to compromise and tamper their more radical agendas to gain the votes needed.

bumby3y ago

I don't know if I'd say there's a 'singular party in power' in the US either. It seems pretty common to have, for example, the White House governed by one party and the House by another.

I wonder, too, if it's part of the primary voting process.

We did away with the people in smoke-filled rooms selecting candidates, which seems great. But it also creates more polarized candidates which seems to constantly alienate voters.

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0 pointsVeelox3y ago0 comments

> Meanwhile, Ireland manages to amend its constitution regularly [1] without exploding.

Ireland has population of ~5 million or about the same as Alabama. It isn't the best example.

Instead of a general critique could you instead offer a specific general improvement?

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bumby3y ago

I don't think it's fair that you were downvoted, at least without that person elaborating on why.

yencabulator3y ago

> The U.S. has a history of voting out the current party in power and that constant whipsawing of policy might be a recipe for instability.

That's largely a US two-party thing. Elsewhere, there's not as much a singular "party in power", and they all need to compromise and tamper their more radical agendas to gain the votes needed.

bumby3y ago

I don't know if I'd say there's a 'singular party in power' in the US either. It seems pretty common to have, for example, the White House governed by one party and the House by another.

I wonder, too, if it's part of the primary voting process.

We did away with the people in smoke-filled rooms selecting candidates, which seems great. But it also creates more polarized candidates which seems to constantly alienate voters.

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