Als de VS een meer partijenstelsel zou hebben met Nederlandse partijen (link naar bron in comments)

by SkipDutch

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  1. Ja ok. Zoveel groenlinks? Echt niet. Like echt echt niet.

    Wat voor ons rechts is (VVD) zou daar super links zijn (linkser dan de democraten). Dus never nooit dat Groenlinks wat daar echt extreem links zou zijn, zo groot zou zijn.

  2. Nooit. 

    Democraten= iets rechtser dan vvd&d66

    Republikeinen= nog rechtser dan de SGP.

    Dit is totale onzin.

  3. In zekere zin hebben de Amerikanen een meer partijen stelsel. Alleen zijn in het verleden zoveel democratische partijen en een paar jaar later republikeinse partijen gefuseerd dat de rest er niet meer toe doet.

    Daarom hoop ik ook dat de fusie tussen groen link en pvda niet vruchtbaar blijkt. En dat de roep van timmermans voor d66 ook aan te laten sluiten op niks uit loopt. Straks zitten we hetzelfde schuitje.

  4. The other point of difference is the greater number of citizens, and extent of territory, which may be brought within the compass of republican, than of democratic government; and it is this circumstance principally which renders factious combinations less to be dreaded in the former than in the latter. The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more frequently will a majority be found of the same party; and the smaller the number of individuals composing a majority, and the smaller the compass within which they are placed, the more easily will they concert and execute their plans of oppression. Extend the sphere, and you take in **a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens**; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked, that where there is a consciousness of unjust or dishonorable purposes, communication is always checked by distrust, in proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary.

    Hence it clearly appears, that the same advantage, which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic . . . is enjoyed by the union over the states composing it. Does this advantage consist in the substitution of representatives, whose enlightened views and virtuous sentiments render them superior to local prejudices, and to schemes of injustice? It will not be denied that the representation of the union will be most likely to possess these requisite endowments. Does it consist in the **greater security afforded by a greater variety of parties, against the event of any one party being able to outnumber and oppress the rest**? In an equal degree does the increased variety of parties, comprised within the union, increase this security. Does it, in fine, consist in the **greater obstacles opposed to the concert and accomplishment of the secret wishes of an unjust and interested majority**? Here, again, the extent of the union gives it the most palpable advantage.

    Publius, Federalist 10

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