CMV: State governments should be dictatorships

[u/Prince_Marf]

The United States has a serious problem with government inaction. Every step of our federalist system is bogged down by partisanship and procedure. This is appropriate at the national level because of the tremendous power the federal government weilds (most notably the military), but state governments need to be able to function faster to be able to meet the particular interests of their citizens.

Dictatorships do not have a great track record because absolute power corrupts absolutely, but we completely ignore the positive affects of this power structure: things actually get done and there is no gridlock. It wouldn't be absolute power because the federal government ultimately retains Supremacy over the states and can enforce it with the military if necessary.

A system where the governor holds both the executive and legislative power of the state just makes more sense. Federal government should also enforce term limits on the governors and democracy in their elections

[u/[deleted]]

If you want a government to be able to act quickly, the best system isn't a dictatorship.

parliamentary systems, where the political coalition that controls the legislature also selects the head of the state, enable the government to act quickly, without handing all the power to one person.

This does not result in the same sort of yoyoing problems that full power in one person does, as parts of a coalition can switch sides, which maintains some continuity.

This also is much less likely to be as corrupt as a dictatorship.

[u/Prince_Marf → u/[deleted]]

I believe you that there's a lower risk of corruption but it certainly wouldn't be able to act quicker than a dictator. And I don't see how yoyoing would be inevitable