Government by the people but not for the people

I’m no doubt in a minority, but I believe that the American governing model, with a Montesquieu-ian separation of powers is infinitely superior to the current Washminster system that plagues Australia. 

One of the most regular argument Australians use against the American system is that the American government can’t get anything done. But is that really a bad thing? To constrain the government from implementing policy and legislation willy nilly is an eminently conservative thing. To require a broad polity to pass law is an eminently democratic thing. 

The American system, by design, makes major policy change difficult. America requires much more than an independent Congressman in a minority controlled legislature to…