Best political system in the world?

AckwelFoley

People love to bash people in politics, normally in my view because its easy and requires little thought.

now from what i read on boards, ireland has a corrupt political system and completely incompitent government..rabble rabble.

so i ask, what country in the world has the closest to ideal system with closest to perfect politicans that ireland could aspire to.

first to post that all politicians are corrupt or useless is a fcukin idiot..try to think harder.

javaboy

All politicians are corrupt or useless.

boards polls

democracy ftw

AckwelFoley

javaboy wrote: »

All politicians are corrupt or useless.

you are a ... Oh, wait..

Borneo Fnctn

I see politicians as a necessary evil.

Biggins

snyper wrote: »

...so i ask, what country in the world has the closest to ideal system with closest to perfect politicans that ireland could aspire to...

Switzerland? Lichtenstein? Even Monaco?

snollup

its kind of hard to find one that is anywhere near perfect. part of the reason i think for this is that the US has been surpressing and doing its best for all other systems, (apart from dictatorships if they put them there, perhaps?!) to fail. If the right people sat around the table putting money & power aside and pick the parts that work from all places.

Germany in the late 30's

Guy:Incognito

Biggins wrote: »

Switzerland? Lichtenstein? Even Monaco?

A mixture of federal government and principality?

Aodan83

Zimbabwe is pretty good!!

Mr Tim Buktoo

sweeden. norway

Twilightning

Antarctica

Saibh

Iceland!

snollup

Mr Tim Buktoo wrote: »

Sweeden. norway

On the surface would agree but there something funny about these places, cant quite put my finger on it though!

And there all far too pretty to.....

dvpower

Surely not Despotism!
That hasn't been working out for us at all well.:D

Leprachaun

An altered version of Demarchy and there should be no political parties,every politician should be independent. On top of this,there should be no insentive to stay in power except for helping the country. Any type of corruption at all will have the politician in question permantly banned form the selection process

Terry

Biggins wrote: »

Switzerland? Lichtenstein? Even Monaco?

Why?

jester77

Totalitarianism ftw

voyerism

Susannahmia

Imo sweden

Terry

Leprachaun wrote: »

An altered version of Demarchy and there should be no political parties,every politician should be independent. On top of this,there should be no insentive to stay in power except for helping the country. Any type of corruption at all will have the politician in question permantly banned form the selection process

Meh. Dude just copied me and my vision for AH.

alexandros

rarnes1 wrote: »

voyerism

not sure how that works.. but you have my vote!

Also.. That poll suck's; it's missing several other political systems.

javaboy

alexander.t wrote: »

Also.. That poll suck's; it's missing several other political systems.

Hey we don't all have fancy pants expansion packs. Some of us are just stuck with the bare bones ok.

Biggins

Terry wrote: »

Why?

Why not!

Seriously though. They each might have some aspects we could admire. They each brought about wealth while having no main minerals or any major big time single industries (besides watches and coo-coo clocks?).
They mind their own business, keep their heads down. Never give any bother. They are stable. Neutral (I think!). Wealthy as states go. Supposedly more environmentally friendly. Low unemployment rate. Good health care and so on...

Not bad for small countries, eh?

Not saying we should adopt all aspects of their countries but we could learn better how to do some things from them besides kissing ass to America, Britain and China, etc...

Terry

Biggins wrote: »

Why not!

Seriously though. They each might have some aspects we could admire. They each brought about wealth while having no main minerals or any major big time single industries (besides watches and coo-coo clocks?).
They mind their own business, keep their heads down. Never give any bother. They are stable. Neutral (I think!). Wealthy as states go. Supposedly more environmentally friendly. Low unemployment rate. Good health care and so on...

Not bad for small countries, eh?

Not saying we should adopt all aspects of their countries but we could learn better how to do some things from them besides kissing ass to America, Britain and China, etc...

That's what they have.

How did they get it?

alexandros

javaboy wrote: »

Hey we don't all have fancy pants expansion packs. Some of us are just stuck with the bare bones ok.

You don’t have to take it personally.
I just wanted to point out the fact that the poll itself is as corrupt as most of the political systems on it.
If you are going to ask that kind of question.. and expect to instigate an honest and free-flowing discussion.. you shouldn’t set limitations.

Guy:Incognito

Terry wrote: »

That's what they have.

How did they get it?

Dont suppose theres any Nazi's around we could hoard gold for?:)

javaboy

alexander.t wrote: »

You don’t have to take it personally.
I just wanted to point out the fact that the poll itself is as corrupt as most of the political systems on it.
If you are going to ask that kind of question.. and expect to instigate an honest and free-flowing discussion.. you shouldn’t set limitations.

Ah I wasn't taking it personally. It was just a nerdy joke. I should say by the way that I set up the poll, not Snyper.

Biggins

Terry wrote: »

That's what they have.
How did they get it?

Maybe instead of the tourist junkets we seem to like out leaders to go on, we should send them there instead and find out?

TheWolf

One man - one vote. I'm the man, give me the vote

Saibh

TheWolf wrote: »

One man - one vote. I'm the man, give me the vote

That is a cunning plan

whoopdefukindo

Oligarchy FTW

Jumpy

An anarcho-syndicalist commune. We should take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.

thelordofcheese

Leprachaun wrote: »

On top of this,there should be no insentive to stay in power except for helping the country.

And this is where your idea comes apart at the seams. That kind of altruism does not exist in the real world.

dr.bollocko

Every time I picked democracy on Civ 4 they wouldn't let me nuke France anymore.
I don't want to be trite or anything but it just doesn't work does it?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

seriously, only 2 votes for republics?

S.I.R

terry... as communism is like maths... everything works well on paper...


the only good thing i was thought in school :rolleyes:

Húrin

I think that devolved local government would be best, with as much direct democracy as possible.

Terry wrote: »

That's what they have.

How did they get it?

Switzerland is in a very lucky place. To get between Italy and Germany you probably have to go through it.

johnmacward

**** I should have voted for Terry.