I thought so as well at first, but the meme starts at the independence of the irish. Wasn’t it directly going Democratic? And the troubles were between 2 democratic countries. So while the meme doesn’t portray the history of the Irish and their problems, it shows the transition to a democratic system AFTER the independence was rather smooth.
The way I see it, when Ireland became independent, the proportional representation was already envisioned and embedded into the new Irish constitution when other countries, at the time, were pussyfooting on doing the same thing, because their elites benefit from the two party system. Fianna Fail tried to rid of the PR with a referendum in the 1950s, but failed by a razon thin margin. Imagine if ridding PR was successful and we’d be like the US and UK in having a shitshow of politics.
That said, many post-colonial countries either struggled or failed with upholding democracy and becoming rich, while Ireland had been relatively smooth in achieving both. The country had been lucky in that regard.
With this level of knowledge of Irish history, I can only assume that whoever made this is a proud Irish American.
Is something troubling you about Irish history?
What you did there, I see it
I thought so as well at first, but the meme starts at the independence of the irish. Wasn’t it directly going Democratic? And the troubles were between 2 democratic countries. So while the meme doesn’t portray the history of the Irish and their problems, it shows the transition to a democratic system AFTER the independence was rather smooth.
Still doesn’t even mention Easter Rising, Bloody Sunday, the Irish Revolution, or the Irish Civil War…
I went to dublin once. I know more Irish history now then the creator of this.
The way I see it, when Ireland became independent, the proportional representation was already envisioned and embedded into the new Irish constitution when other countries, at the time, were pussyfooting on doing the same thing, because their elites benefit from the two party system. Fianna Fail tried to rid of the PR with a referendum in the 1950s, but failed by a razon thin margin. Imagine if ridding PR was successful and we’d be like the US and UK in having a shitshow of politics.
That said, many post-colonial countries either struggled or failed with upholding democracy and becoming rich, while Ireland had been relatively smooth in achieving both. The country had been lucky in that regard.
So you’re just skipping the whole civil war and the 1920s?
It is posted in a meme community, not /c/SuperDuperAccurateHistory if that matters.