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Is there a way to encourage coalitions larger than a simple majority? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/narrow

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Right now there's an incentive to juuust hit a majority in order to maximize a party's own appointments, so political systems with high fragmentation have government stability problems. Would there be a way to work around this? Could a parliament maybe do some of the work of a government directly, for example?

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[–] qnick 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a classic concentration of power vs disperse of power problem. If you need efficiency and quick solutions, go with a "strong leader" or "strong party". If you need freedom, try to avoid one-party systems

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You know, I don't believe it is an either-or situation, at least completely. Autocracies are often inefficient, and it seems like it should be possible for parties to share power a single way until the next scheduled election.