Why were parliaments historically so shit?
>parlement blocks all Louis XVI's efforts at reform, precipitating the French Revolution
>parliament spergs out over Charles I putting rails on alters and refusing to execute Catholics priests, precipitating the English Civil War
>>1401823
Because they have their own interests to care about. Case in point: LIBRUM VETO
butthurt uncles
>>1401823
Parliamentarism is just what Plato called oligarchy. It's the revolution of the wealthy nobles and the merchant class against the monarch, and since not one of them can rule alone they resort to parliamentarism.
>>1401823
because they're suppose to be to interfere with government who would otherwise exploit their own populations.
>>1401872
That's the tagline, I'm talking about the actuality
In the case of Louis XVI, the Paris Parlement was comprised of the nobility and rich clergy. So while they had the veneer of being the "voice of the people," they were actively working against the majority of France's population by refusing reforms that would ease the tax burden on the poor, help the government's finances, and make things better overall.
