>>>It's good because it includes minority viewpoints.
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>>Please balance this "good" with the grid-lock that would be imposed...
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>Grid-lock results from having two equally-powerful antogonists. Add a third power (even a small one) to the mix and you no longer have grid-lock.
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>Peter

Add several more parties and you have chronic political instability. I think Italy probably provides the best example.