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Flat White

Government by the people but not for the people

17 December 2020

6:33 PM

17 December 2020

6:33 PM

I’m no doubt in a minority, but I believe that the American governing model, with a Montesquieu-ian separation of powers is infinitely superior to the current Washminster system that plagues Australia. 

One of the most regular argument Australians use against the American system is that the American government can’t get anything done. But is that really a bad thing? To constrain the government from implementing policy and legislation willy nilly is an eminently conservative thing.

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