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[Blackstrat]

It is not the form of government that is the issue. It's the corrupt dinosaurs that have for too long rigged elections in their favor and Congress today is hardly different from the old Soviet Politburo - a description given me by a friend that escaped the Soviet Union in the early 80s. Term limits would help since machine politics controls elections in most states.

[aaomidi → Blackstrat]

Money will always corrupt and speak louder than people.

Majority of people are also very easy to manipulate.

So no I think this is a feature of the government. No matter who is at the helm.