[soco]

The important difference that you mentioned in your comment as well is: the French problems lie in the realm of possibilities, while the US problems are in the present. So the comparison doesn't really hold. Maybe it's also helping that the French iterated 5 times, a concept we are all taught in agile 101.

[troyvit]

Based on this thread I'm starting to believe that any static governmental system is a failure and it's the iterations that bring about prosperity.