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To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (2295)7/31/2003 1:48:23 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 7834
 
"That last time was even a bit late back in the 1800s, when proportional representation
became the corner stone to achieve consensus systems and no one opted for
an outdated adversarial two-party system
"

You are saying that prior to the 1800's the world was governed by an adversarial two-party system? The comment is meaningless in terms of our discussion...but just out of curiosity...what evidence do you have for this assertion?? Are you thinking of a particular country??