R.I.P. Scout26
The main benefit of the revolution to colonists was that it gave more political power to America's white male minority.
" ... constitutional monarchy is the best system of government known to man."
Independence was bad for Native Americans
In the US, activists wanting to put a price on carbon emissions spent years trying to put together a coalition to make it happen, mobilizing sympathetic businesses and philanthropists and attempting to make bipartisan coalition — and they still failed to pass cap and trade, after millions of dollars and man hours. In the UK, the Conservative government decided it wanted a carbon tax. So there was a carbon tax. Just like that. Passing big, necessary legislation — in this case, legislation that's literally necessary to save the planet — is a whole lot easier with parliaments than with presidential systems.This is no trivial matter. Efficient passage of legislation has huge humanitarian consequences. It makes measures of planetary importance, like carbon taxes, easier to get through; they still face political pushback, of course — Australia's tax got repealed, after all — but they can be enacted in the first place, which is far harder in the US system. And the efficiency of parliamentary systems enables larger social welfare programs that reduce inequality and improve life for poor citizens. Government spending in parliamentary countries is about 5 percent of GDP higher, after controlling for other factors, than in presidential countries. If you believe in redistribution, that's very good news indeed.
One question for you that came to mind after looking at some of their other articles. Did any of you ever NOT know that some of the Founding Fathers owned slaves? I get the impression some of these liberal writers act like that is some big secret that has been white washed from history. I can't remember a time when I didn't know that. It was taught. I don't remember anyone carrying on about it to the exclusion of all else like they do now. We at least were taught why there was a compromise over the issue. I think many of these people never learned any history whether it was taught to them or not.
Growing up right next to Monticello it has amused me to watch the interpretation evolve. The slave history of the place was always well done, but when I was a kid there was no mention that Tom probably was a very "involved" owner.
Really? They must have LOVED King George III!Our founders had a slightly different perspective ....(vox must be a menagerie of dingbats)
America would have a parliamentary system of government that makes policymaking easier and lessens the risk of democratic collapse.
In the UK, the Conservative government decided it wanted a carbon tax. So there was a carbon tax. Just like that. Passing big, necessary legislation — in this case, legislation that's literally necessary to save the planet — is a whole lot easier with parliaments than with presidential systems.
These are loony leftists who want a more powerful government who can pass laws for every lefty fad that comes around.
