Re: OU and New Caledonia - was RE: [GZG] NSL Geopolitical Composition

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Beth.Fulton@csiro.au>
> Who'd have though Japan could go from feudal nation to country trying
to 
> take over half the planet in a comparable time? (Or maybe less, my
modern 
> Japanese history is weak I'll admit).

But now you demonstrate the effectiveness of the totalitarian regime to 
refocus the direction of a country in a short space of time. Similar
things 
have happened in FPP democracies when the government makes a large % of
the 
governing house. This happened when the Lange labour government took
power 
in the 1980s. They swept into power with a massive majority. While in
power 
they sold off government assets, slashed the government department
sizing, 
completely changed the tax basis of the economy. Drastic stuff.

In order for the same thing to happen in the US, you would need to get
the 
same party with major control of the president, the senate and congress.

This could happen but it is rare...Without the major swing you need to
play 
consensus politics and promote some of the other party's ideas to get
them 
passed.

As I understand it MMP was deliberately chosen for German politics after
WW2 
so that they couldn't get a party dominating the political scene as
happened 
with the national socialist party in the 1930s.

The more houses and layers of government a country has the less able it
is 
to shift. Australia is so over governed that it's not at all dynamic in
it's 
ability to change. A visit to an Aussie supermarket is like a trip back
20 
years. 

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