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Although it’s disturbing that the far right has been sworn into the new Austrian administration, the problem is not with the coalition government but with the prevailing social climate and the electorate that voted for the extremists.
A parliamentary-style government is more democratic than the U.S. system, where majority rules and winner takes all. In the European form of government, small parties, which could never capture 51 percent of the vote, still have a chance to participate and have an influence.
