Originally Posted by tfar

The other problem is that while our leadership is endowed with some of the most unrestrained powers of any democracy (to the point where it is questionable whether it is a democracy), the leaders shy away from making strong but rational decisions from the top down, especially the rather intelligent and liberal leaders that could make such decisions. The right wing and not so smart leaders, don't shy away from making decisions from the top down except that they are not in the interest of the country but in their own.