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The fool has been more caught up in his personal vendettas for a perceived [https://youtu.be/CujsZEdQgYQ slight] to his fragile [[narcissistic]] [[ego]] than serving the interests of [[conservative]] readers and [[Conservapedia]]'s integrity. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|I don’t really care, Margaret]]</sup> 11:04, February 23, 2025 (EST)
The fool has been more caught up in his personal vendettas for a perceived [https://youtu.be/CujsZEdQgYQ slight] to his fragile [[narcissistic]] [[ego]] than serving the interests of [[conservative]] readers and [[Conservapedia]]'s integrity. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|I don’t really care, Margaret]]</sup> 11:04, February 23, 2025 (EST)
==Germany - understanding the difference between the American and parliamentary systems==
Let's take this opportunity to understand the difference between the American and parliamentary systems.
It is the [[Electoral College]], the [[constitutional]] requirement of a 51% majority to elect a [[head of government]], that has turned the [[United States]] into a "two party system". Parliamentary systems often have 3 or 5, or even more "major parties", with rarely any of them having 51% majority. Hence the often have "[[coalition]]" governments, with the leaders of the party with a [[plurality]] becoming [[prime minister]] and offering important cabinet posts to his junior coalition partners.
For example in [[Germany]], the alleged "conservative" [[Christian Democratic Union]] ruled for 16 years in [[Merkel]] until it was voted out a few years in favor of the Socialist, Green, and Free Democrat coalition. It was just voted back in with 29%, but refuses to form a coalition with the "far right" [[AfD]]. So it goes from being "opposition" to the [[Social Democrat]]s to a coalition partner now along with the "far left" [[Green Party]].
IOWs, despite gains by the [[conservative]] AfD - which individually represents more than the Socialists or Greens, the [[leftwing]] Socialists & Greens remain in the governing coalition with the so-called "conservative" Christian Democrats. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|I don’t really care, Margaret]]</sup> 17:51, February 23, 2025 (EST)