Trump

[Brookie1973]

We seem to have crossed in the mail ... @Isz I am inclined to agree with your analysis of the intentions behind the structure of the American system; unfortunately for the Americans I think their inflamed politics have crossed over boundaries into their judicial sphere. How to re-separate them, and generally how to lower the temperature before lasting damage is done, those will be the problems they need to solve. Well, just as an outsider looking over the fence.

Not solvable I’m afraid. Seems we are inextricably heading for a one party state (elites) who control the working class (plebs) after the destruction of the middle class. Centralised control will replace personal freedom. The idea of true democracy and one person one vote will likely be discarded to the waste basket of history. Hopefully Manly can win another premiership before then.

 

[lsz]

I have a feeling that Paul Keating's famous slur about the Senate being "unrepresentative swill" is most appropriate for the US Federal judiciary.

For me, the two biggest issues that really set the US up for failure are:

1. The politicised judicial system.
2. The lack of an independent electoral system like we have here. The inconsistency of voting systems and the gerrymandering of electorates just blows my mind.

 

[Woodsie]

For me, the two biggest issues that really set the US up for failure are:

1. The politicised judicial system.
2. The lack of an independent electoral system like we have here. The inconsistency of voting systems and the gerrymandering of electorates just blows my mind.

and a polarising and politically motivated media inflaming passions and division ... not to mention the proliferation of unrestricted fake news ...