Who are the lawmakers?
Discussion
The USA: The POTUS and the US Congress.
The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia: King Charles III.
Germany: The Bundestag and the European Commission.
The Netherlands: King Willem-Alexander.
I’m only going to comment on my country, the UK.
Chuck can technically veto a law, but could never do so in practise as both parliament and the lords would remove all his theoretical powers the next day.
Chuck does have to sign acts of parliament into law, but those acts have to pass through 600+ politicians and 800+ lords.
Laws can only be proposed in the the houses of parliament.
This, in Australia, too.
Neither Charles nor the parliamentarians typically even read what they are voting on. They don't write it either, though they act as editors, at least in theory.
If you're looking for actual law-makers, the lobbyists and the bureaucrats are closer to the mark. At least those well-connected enough to socialise together along with the private business elite.
Yes and perhaps America is an extreme example of that with their capitalist driven democracy.
Well, modern Australia's first elite were bent prison officers, and they left a strong stamp on our political culture. The USA's is unironically a lesser evil...
Interesting.
That was, of course, us, the Brits fault.
Sorry 🫂
TBF, most of you weren't even allowed even a symbolic vote at the time.
And the "Enclosure Act" upending of feudal land tenure amounted to robbing most Brits of the land their families had been farming for centuries.
Revolutions from above suck...