World's most demented electoral system?

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The Single non-transferable vote system that Japan used to use for all their elections, and now only uses for the Upper House was and is pretty dumb.

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Also, the entire facade of having provinces in South Africa even though it is a very unitary and centralized system is incredibly silly.

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Also, the entire facade of having provinces in South Africa even though it is a very unitary and centralized system is incredibly silly.

South Africa is not a 'very unitary and centralized' state.

It isn't? Why is that not the case?

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Also, the entire facade of having provinces in South Africa even though it is a very unitary and centralized system is incredibly silly.

South Africa is not a 'very unitary and centralized' state.

It isn't? Why is that not the case?

Uh, it has provincial governments?

But they are virtually powerless and their clout is minimal. The mayor of the province's biggest city is likely far more powerful than the Premier of the Province.

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Also, the entire facade of having provinces in South Africa even though it is a very unitary and centralized system is incredibly silly.

South Africa is not a 'very unitary and centralized' state.

It isn't? Why is that not the case?

Uh, it has provincial governments?

But they are virtually powerless and their clout is minimal. The mayor of the province's biggest city is likely far more powerful than the Premier of the Province.

Provincial governments are not 'virtually powerless'. If they are, please provide evidence for such a claim.

I would like to ask you, though, why you think South Africa is not a centralized or unitary?