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by djsumdog
3532 days ago
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America's first-past the post system is pretty terrible and removes any real choice. Keep in mind the constitutional framers wanted to keep people who weren't educated from voting and even then, the vote was more of a suggestion (i.e. the electoral college). America's voting system is undemocratic and next to useless. Australia's order of preference with instant runoff, New Zealand's MMP or any basic parliamentary system is better in that they promote choice, require coalitions and do a better job at representing various parts of the population. Returning to America was deeply upsetting for me, not because of the D/R debate during election season, but more because people actually think it makes a difference which one gets elected. |
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If you're discarding the definition of 'democratic' where citizens vote on government, no country in the world is democratic. Representational democracies rule the world and—yes—are not democratic in the least.
I don't know why the world insists on using the word without meaning.