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> 4. Ending the practice of Unelected Governers.

> 8. Give equal representation all states in the upper house as in the US senate(2 senator s from each state).

I am sorry, but we certainly do not need the worst parts of the US system. It is not just bad. It is catastrophic.

Having 2 elected houses is monumentally stupid idea that allows politicians to trap the system in blockages, while pointing fingers at each other for no repercussions.

> Codification of the law of Torts.

I hope this never happens. The super litigious part of America through civic laws leads to a lot of services getting needlessly expensive.

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India has big problems, but almost none of them are the ones you mention.



> Having 2 elected houses is monumentally stupid idea that allows politicians to trap the system in blockages, while pointing fingers at each other for no repercussions.

A democratic system's main concern is not efficiency, but rather robustness of the democratic process. Authoritarian states are much more efficient in passing legislation, but at what cost?


Democracy is about allowing people's representatives to effectively pass bills for which they put them in place.

Building structures at actively make that difficult are not democratic. They are just bad.


Checks and balances are part of any functioning democracy. Sure they make things less efficient, but once you take them out, you end up with a tyranny of the majority.


It is also about protecting minorities from the majority.




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