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How so? The structure has 'majority wins' and there's nothing to compel the majority to vote for a candidate that 'all parties agree on', nor would that even make sense.
This may not be your intent, but this reads like a very elaborate "both sides' argument, when it's really clear that the pathological behavior here isn't evenly distributed between the 'tribes'.
If the roles were reversed, I'd be shocked if Democrats didn't compromise and put in place a power-sharing agreement to allow the House to function.
The structure wasn't specifically designed with two parties. In fact, many of the founding fathers were against the idea of parties at all. It was designed to accomodate multiple parties.
Look at it this way. Let's say the MAGA wing officially defects from the main GOP and forms its own party (which is essentially what's happening in practice if not officially right now). We now would have three parties, none of which would actually have a majority. What are we supposed to do? Stand around and shrug for the next two years? Hold a WWE deathmatch to determine the winner? No. Eventually, they're going to have to find one candidate that all parties can agree on. Maybe some moderate Republicans join Democrats in voting for Jeffries. Maybe some centrist Democrats break ranks and vote for a moderate Republican. Maybe the moderate Republicans just get worn out and vote for one of the crazies in MAGA. But when you have 3 parties trying to work in a system that was hijacked to accomodate only two parties, something's got to give.
I didn't say it was, but it doesn't change the fact that it's what happened.
They're trying to get away from this because the Democrats have a reputation for caving in the end, and getting shafted for it. Look at what McCarthy just did to them. He worked with Dems to get a debt ceiling bill passed, and then reneged on the deal the nanosecond it became politically inconvenient for him. Multiple high-ranking Republicans are outright saying any deal that involves Democrats is off the table. Many are outright blaming Democrats for their own mess, and demanding that Democrats save them from themselves so they can go right back to shitting on Democrats.. McCarthy himself outright said that they know they're supposed to be working with Democrats and that this is the way it was originally intended to function, but they just don't want to.
Why the fuck would Democrats want to work with them if this is the way they're going to be treated? Why the fuck would Democrats want to work with them when they outright say that this is the way they'll treat Democrats anyway?
If Democrats caved (again) and entered into a power-sharing agreement, they immediately lose all leverage the minute that speaker is actually installed. There would be nothing stopping the Speaker from reneging on a deal the exact same way McCarthy did, and since they're in the minority, any attempt at actually enforcing the agreement would just be voted down by the GOP. They'd collectively look like Charlie Brown as the GOP once again yanks the football away.