@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@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.
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.