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      Using first-past-the-post and giving a president too much power is fragile, yes.

      Proportional election and a president with much less power is far safer. Some stuff takes a while to become a law, but at least it’ll be an actual agreement instead of an order.

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      Democracy resisted for quite some time despite glaring problems.

      See the Business Plot of 1933 that was undermined by a Medal of Honor-recipient and Major General, Smedley Butler whom they tried to recruit for the coup.

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      They have been eroding education and disenfranchising voters for decades. He loves the poorly educated, you know?