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[tinyjo]

So, according to a survay done in Germany, which I found out about here, Germans are disillusioned with their democracy. As is I think everyone else I know. So, where do you stand?

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It's true that coalitions can lead to inaction, although I think that happens more in a system like ours where coalitions are rare. If they are the norm then there's more willingness to buckle down and get things done, although it's still not perfect - you trade off blunting the more extreme ends of each party by slowing things down, I think.

Definitely on the centralization of power. There seems to be an attitude that if things are left to local government we'll get some kind of a postcode lottery on all kinds of things which is rather unfair - after all, the local councils are elected officials so we'll still get to hold them to account for this stuff...