Random Thoughts - Our Election Process

As our political landscape changes from the one between centre-left and left parties to right-wing and left-wing, I wonder whether we need to have a system similar to the US without their presidential democracy. Maybe, we need the NDA and UPA having primaries first before contesting against each other.

With each day passing, crony capitalism (or sophisticated corruption of the highest order) is becoming murkier. We at least need people to get a chance to vote based on country's economy rather than ideology or at least need to give them a chance to vote where communal polarization is irrelevant so that they can choose candidates based on other competencies.

Then again, the candidates need to raise the money twice but I guess that could be circumvented by having only one campaign and back to back primary and main elections.

The migrant population - i

Societies can remain distinct despite migration

Via Science Daily

I guess it's inevitable that studies like this would be carried out in a greater number considering the present situation. It is a must to understand;
- What would be the allowable migrant percentage in a country?
- Is that percentage a constant with every ethnic group or can go up or down considering the privileged position of the culture and the language those migrating populations bring?
- If the acculturation is possible in 2-3 generations, how do we calculate the effective migrants?
- Is the allowable percentage calculated without any consideration of different identities or is it specific to one identity?
- Is this percentage calculation considers ghettoisation?


I guess this study is a good start.

He added: "While the models here might counter extreme conservative claims that any level of migration is detrimental for the maintenance of cultural traditions, they also count against extreme liberal claims that migration can never be too high.
"For very high rates of migration (e.g. where half the population is replaced by immigrants in every generation) then cultural variation between societies is typically eroded completely.
"While such levels exceed modern-day migration rates, such a situation might resemble past colonisation events.