In the USA, 48% reject evolution, 34% of college graduades are Biblical creationists

[Kuciwalker]

I suppose that that's a price you pay for pioneering a system of government.

Everyone knows that early adopters lose out

[Victor Galis]

Originally posted by Ninot


It's the electoral system. First past the post elections eventually mean two party politics. Duverger's law

Yeah, just like the last election in Quebec!

Our political system is very unsatisfactory. It's completely outdated. I suppose that that's a price you pay for pioneering a system of government. Unfortunately, due to ignorance and tradition, the system's not going to change any time soon. Most American's are ignorant about other systems of democracy and are convince that the U.S. has the best possible form of government. They're not going to support a fundamental change in governmental structure. Changing would require scrapping our current Constitution and with it our direct connection with the founding fathers. That's definately not going to happen. We'll have to make due with what we have and hope for the best. It's worked so far.

Quite unfortunate isn't it? It's like a market which operates under really imperfect competition (Yeah, let's put it that way, maybe the laissez-faire types will support change!)

Sometimes I think the US really needs to erase all its current electoral districts, have non-partisan committees redraw them all to get rid of Gerrymandering and just to generally shake things up a bit (some incumbents would find themselve running against other incumbents, etc.) I mean it's not a long term solution, but with 90%+ reelection rates to Congress anything to change the current guys in there would help.

[Ninot]

Originally posted by Victor Galis


Yeah, just like the last election in Quebec!

The PQ isn't a party, it's a parti.

[DaShi]

The direct cause of this is difficult to explain. First we have to go back the origins of hindu civilization.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Just out of curiosity, what percentage of Indian college grads believe that the universe is ruled by the Hindu Superfriends?

[Barnabas]

They look more like the thundercats than the superfriends

[Dis]

Originally posted by Solver
Guess where they get more replies, though .

I could fix that if only you guys would let me spam more. Unless you are talking about intelligent replies. I can't help you there.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Solver
Guess where they get more replies, though .

That just means we're smarter than they are.