@kescusayM to Ask PoliticsEnglish • 6 months ago[UK] How do the House of Lords and the House of Commons differ from the House of Representatives and the Senate in the United States?message-square7arrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-square[UK] How do the House of Lords and the House of Commons differ from the House of Representatives and the Senate in the United States?@kescusayM to Ask PoliticsEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square7file-text
minus-square@doublejay1999link1•6 months agoThe Lords are not elected , for starters. They are hereditary peers (aristocracy whose ancestors did favours for William the Conqueror). Or political appointments. Funny huh ?
minus-square@kescusayOPMlinkEnglish2•6 months agoI’d heard something like that, but I didn’t know it was actually hereditary! That’s ridiculous. Is there a good reason to maintain such a system?
minus-square@doublejay1999link2•6 months agoI guess it’s a very effective subversion of representative democracy. !
minus-square@Lemming421linkEnglish1•edit-26 months agoWe look at the American system where both houses are elected and how that has just turned politics into even more of a popularity contest. On the one hand, the entire concept of a hereditary aristocracy is anti-democratic. On the other, I think the theory is a hereditary position is supposed to be able to think further ahead and be less influenced by populism.
The Lords are not elected , for starters. They are hereditary peers (aristocracy whose ancestors did favours for William the Conqueror). Or political appointments.
Funny huh ?
I’d heard something like that, but I didn’t know it was actually hereditary! That’s ridiculous. Is there a good reason to maintain such a system?
I guess it’s a very effective subversion of representative democracy. !
We look at the American system where both houses are elected and how that has just turned politics into even more of a popularity contest.
On the one hand, the entire concept of a hereditary aristocracy is anti-democratic.
On the other, I think the theory is a hereditary position is supposed to be able to think further ahead and be less influenced by populism.