right, we shoul look as strange with our bonapartist constitution, aggravated by recent synchronization/subordinationof presidential/parliamentarian calendar...
moreover we think cenbtralised, non-localized, not federal... about constitution, some more expert than me said me that it was made by liberal traders to avoid the centralization of power in the government... moreover each state want to keep power... lobbies too... frenc recent 5th republic was made in troubled-time by a military honest man, who wanted a governable system, where a clear majority is obtained and can do what it decide. He clearly underestimated the lack of honesty of some leaders... no risk of abuse, at worst french wont obey if they don't agree... and ther will be a coup-d'etat or revolution... germany unmodifiable constitution is so funny for us... as if a constitutional law could not be broken by a majority... ah ah ah... just check that the people agree! 2012/12/31 Eric Walker <[email protected]> > 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 > >
