It seems to me though that the entire problem with the united states government we have is the fact that we have only two parties, not that each capitalizes on polarizing extremes in values and personality at one end of a spectrum. These parties primarily oppose one another out of creating the illusion of choice, but in the process they become invested in the process, resulting in team dynamics and competitive political activity by each party. The people are still powerless, but the discrimnatory competition between the parties creates a political economy that rewards good leadership and thoughtful compromise.
Requiring them to unify at the level of the executive takes away the conflict incentive. Only if these individuals can truly be trusted to be idealists who differ with one another in principle but are rationalists good at compromise, would this unification plan be good. In that event, it would be a golden opportunity for the nation and it would result in a powerful, dynamic, responsive government and a golden era. But in the event that two pragmatists are elected, they will self-deal and act without scruple of any kind. In the event that the presidential candidate turns out to be a tyrant, the vice president becomes an antipapal character who runs a shadow government, leading to the potential of attempted overthrows of government in order to instill the vice president as president.
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