How is a majority voting for one guy automatically mean the other 49% no longer have any rights?
In Western countries, there are consitutions and courts to prevent the govt from trully opressing the people.
Also, the US is far to democratic. Having the President seperated from the legislative process is a great idea in prinicple but it requires people willing to compromise at both ends.
To me, I have a beleif that govt should be elected for 4 years and should able to go forward on the ideas it got elected on and frankly if a certain idea is very unpopular, the govt will either not go forward on it, to save themselves in the next election. Or the public and the opposition should speak up and demand the govt to change its way and convince the public as well. If the govt still proceeds with such things, the next election is the perfect time for the opposition and the public to change the govt.
Of course, what happens is young people do not vote and the incumbent party stays in office.
That is how it has been in Canada and imo it has worked over our history. Minority govts do work but in todays hyper partisan world, they are just a recipie for disaster.
