Video Victorianism

[Brad De Long]

>On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 JKSCHW at aol.com wrote:
>
>> A terrible argument. I would like proportional representation, but not
>>because
>> the American system is old. In fact, (a) it's very successful and stable and
>> accoredingly widely imitated asa model by newer systems
>
>A model for who? Sure, first-past-the-post was widely copied -- in the
>19th century. But almost all 20th century democracries have chosen some
>form of PR system -- including practically all of the former Eastern bloc
>countries. We and that other decaying country, Britain, are the only
>holdouts.
>
>-- Dennis

But given geographic districts and residential segregation, don't we have
close to proportional representation anyway?

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Republicans are Democrats, the Democrats are Social Democrats, the Social
Democrats are Socialists, the Socialists are Anarchists, and the Anarchists
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