Yeah, but these systems also act as corruption-prevention mechanisms.
They’re more like fault tolerant computations: if both bodies don’t agree on something, then that something must be flawed and should not be applied.
With only one democratic body, it might be faster to pass laws, but they would all be quite flawed because they would lack peer-review from an independent body…
In practice, its the two-party-only system and fptp that screws things up.
Yeah, but these systems also act as corruption-prevention mechanisms.
They’re more like fault tolerant computations: if both bodies don’t agree on something, then that something must be flawed and should not be applied.
With only one democratic body, it might be faster to pass laws, but they would all be quite flawed because they would lack peer-review from an independent body…
In practice, its the two-party-only system and fptp that screws things up.
The electoral college is more of a equality-prevention mechanism. One vote in rural america, racist america if you will, is equal to ten in a city.