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Arturo Macias's avatar

A funny thing is that Parlamentarianism is a happy accident. It was developed mostly in monarchies as a consequence of the legitimacy loss of the King: a smooth transfer of power from the King to the parliament chosen prime minister for several decades ended in the current arrangement.

Of course the arrangement is perfect in Scandinavia and Switzerland (a different path here), not so good in other countries. At the end the important thing is to have vote trading and plurality representation.

First pass the post and strong political parties can undo many advantages of parlamentarianism.

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