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bucolic_frolic

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3. Thanks, so theirs is more nuanced and situational, ours is more mechanical.

Reply to Swede (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 08:18 AM

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How long has been this same system in place for UK? Same as 1700s? Or evolved. Maybe our Founders were a bit too optimistic about human nature, power - too much Enlightenment.

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I'm barely dimly aware of the British Parliament's traditions and methods bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

It's superior, in my view (I'm Canadian) to the cumbersome US system. Swede Yesterday #2

Thanks, so theirs is more nuanced and situational, ours is more mechanical. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

They feared a monarchy and kinda created one with the office of the President. Swede Yesterday #4

Evolved really since about the 14th century, and you could say that it stepped forward with the women's OnDoutside Yesterday #6

As an American, I agree 100%. I remember Eugene McCarthy said a bronxiteforever Yesterday #5

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