US choose Parlamentarism??

Hmm, here's an idea - if the US chose the model of a parliamentary democracy, could it be similar to modern Austria in OTL?
 
Yes, the US is a republic in the traditional sense, because in the traditional sense, a Republic is simply a government without a monarchy.

By traditional I meant the original system envisioned by those who founded the country, not simply not being a monarchy.


Even in the more "modern" sense of the word, the idea of a representative government, the US is a republic, because unlike, say, France, there are no plebiscites or referendums at the federal level.

Their are'nt any held no, but in theory they could be held, their's nothing preventing one being decide on. Actually referendums are supposed to be one of the ways to amend the constitution, but they've never actually been used to do so.
 
Yes, the US is a republic in the traditional sense, because in the traditional sense, a Republic is simply a government without a monarchy.
Actually, no, the traditional sense is just a government by rule of law. Early Modern republicans, like Locke and Rousseau, were completely fine with the idea of a monarchy. So long as said monarchy reigned by rule of law.
The definition of a republic being necessarily anti-monarchy, and indeed being any kind of non-monarchical government, is a later invention that I personally do not agree with.
 
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