Hey, the world is so much wider than this. How do you see them diametrically oppsed?
(Which makes me think about how to sort political systems anyway.. even if you give me a manifold to work with, so diametrically opposed makes sense in a geometrical sense.. high-dimensional delirium)
Maybe not the best choice of words on my part but within the context of liberal democracies I'd say the US system as opposed to the aggregate of the European systems is vastly different, different enough for me to look at them as opposed systems.
Maybe it's also a result of my living in the western US after having grown up in Germany. Vastly oversimplifying I would say that here we start with the question "What is good for the individual and for business?" whereas in Germany it seemed more like "What's good for society and country as a whole?" Either way you end up with a lot of compromises but I think the basic starting point is really quite different.
> within the context of liberal democracies
Ok, now it makes sense.. from the generous phrasing of your parent comment, I thought of all the other systems out there and how they are that much farther from both the US and Europe.
(I'm german, btw. I have never been to the US (apart from NY which apparently doesn't count); and it's hard to judge differences from just media.)
Hey, the world is so much wider than this. How do you see them diametrically oppsed?
(Which makes me think about how to sort political systems anyway.. even if you give me a manifold to work with, so diametrically opposed makes sense in a geometrical sense.. high-dimensional delirium)