Parliamentary Democracy Quotes
In Dolgoff’s era, his argument was that the political parties were so powerful that it was they who controlled who held public office, not the voters. And the parties were controlled by a few party leaders. However, when the system was reformed in the latter part of the 20th century, the individual incumbent member of Congress in America was so hard to dislodge due to the role of money and the advantage of incumbency, that the class of professional politicians was still very powerful. Reform had reduced the control of political parties but not politicians.
This absolute ruler concluded that single person judgment with advisors has not as sound as a system of open discussion and institutions affecting policy decisions and administration. She herself had made errors and admitted it—see {641730}.
Vladimir Lenin. The Bolshivik Communists were opposed to a strong directly elected parliament. The Mensheviks and almost all others wanted the democratic notion of a parliament. Lenin, a practical politician, counseled to go against their theory and go with what was popular. They did.
