2013-06-14, 01:53 PM
[MENTION=9802]Jamesie[/MENTION]; [MENTION=2088]Flonne[/MENTION];
If you're referring to the current crisis, I'm pretty sure the USA isn't that much better off.
Also, I didn't mean the monarchy. The Netherlands are a constitutional monarchy as well, why would I care? The king barely holds any real political power and his foremost function is promoting the Netherlands abroad.
That's not the only point, but it is the main point I was focusing on. Yet again, when comparing the politics in the USA today to the politics in Britain (or anywhere else in Europe) 100 years ago, you find a lot of similarities, more than you'll find when you'll compare it to the current-day European politics.
Something that might be interesting to read to learn more about European politics is this: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
An explaination of the Dutch political system and how it has evolved.
My main point here was the major shift to the left Europe has made compared to the USA.
If you look at the current Dutch political spectrum, Obama would be placed centre-right while Romney (Or any other fairly moderate republican) would be pretty far into the right wing. The term liberal is actually a right-wing term here, since they were forced to coorporate with the conservatives when the socialists (No, they're not all communists) came up in the left. The measures they want to take (And have taken, since they've been in government pretty often) would be instantly rejected by pretty much every American.
That's not the only point, but it is the main point I was focusing on. Yet again, when comparing the politics in the USA today to the politics in Britain (or anywhere else in Europe) 100 years ago, you find a lot of similarities, more than you'll find when you'll compare it to the current-day European politics.
Something that might be interesting to read to learn more about European politics is this: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
An explaination of the Dutch political system and how it has evolved.
Please excuse my messy style of writing and lack of a central point, what I write follows the ways my mind takes and well.... those can be quite windy.
If you're referring to the current crisis, I'm pretty sure the USA isn't that much better off.
Also, I didn't mean the monarchy. The Netherlands are a constitutional monarchy as well, why would I care? The king barely holds any real political power and his foremost function is promoting the Netherlands abroad.
That's not the only point, but it is the main point I was focusing on. Yet again, when comparing the politics in the USA today to the politics in Britain (or anywhere else in Europe) 100 years ago, you find a lot of similarities, more than you'll find when you'll compare it to the current-day European politics.
Something that might be interesting to read to learn more about European politics is this: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
An explaination of the Dutch political system and how it has evolved.
My main point here was the major shift to the left Europe has made compared to the USA.
If you look at the current Dutch political spectrum, Obama would be placed centre-right while Romney (Or any other fairly moderate republican) would be pretty far into the right wing. The term liberal is actually a right-wing term here, since they were forced to coorporate with the conservatives when the socialists (No, they're not all communists) came up in the left. The measures they want to take (And have taken, since they've been in government pretty often) would be instantly rejected by pretty much every American.
That's not the only point, but it is the main point I was focusing on. Yet again, when comparing the politics in the USA today to the politics in Britain (or anywhere else in Europe) 100 years ago, you find a lot of similarities, more than you'll find when you'll compare it to the current-day European politics.
Something that might be interesting to read to learn more about European politics is this: http://www.quirksmode.org/politics/
An explaination of the Dutch political system and how it has evolved.
Please excuse my messy style of writing and lack of a central point, what I write follows the ways my mind takes and well.... those can be quite windy.