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This is a sore point in all the countries of the world.

An obvious example is Greece, where party classes
(clans) have brought their country to the brink of

bankruptcy. Note that, when the European debt crisis

appeared in Greece, the number of civil servants
exceeded the number of productive workers. The Greeks

are not to blame for this situation. The system itself

gradually brought them to such a state. The same
happened in other EU countries.

So, the system of election of the leader of a state has

significant drawbacks. This example applies to many

countries with parliamentary system. The presidential
system produced somewhat better results, but there is still

much to be desired.

The world today has entered a major economic and

political crisis. This raised the issue of the necessity to
change the current social relations. Naturally, changing

the system as a whole would produce significant
resistance from certain groups and individuals because

they are afraid to lose what they have today. They struggle

to keep the situation as it is because they are comfortable

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