On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:10 AM, de Bivort Lawrence <[email protected]>wrote:
Most Americans do *not* fear our government. > I think Alain has in mind the system of checks and balances in US government -- the veto of the President, the Supreme Court striking down legislation, etc. By and large, US government is quite decentralized, especially in comparison to the French government. This has the effect of raising barriers to one group's making drastic changes for which there is no consensus (see the recent constitution story in Egypt) at the cost of making it difficult to get things done when agreement can't be found. Many countries do not have governments that are as easily paralyzed as that of the US. Advocates for this kind of governmental decentralization are worried about "tyranny." Eric
