How do they expect a one-party system to work in a country which has over 246 different kinds of cheese?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- De Gaulle questions one-party systems using cheese variety as a metaphor for complexity.
- In plain terms
- How can a one-party system work with 246 cheeses?
- What can you take from it?
- Political diversity resists simplification.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does diversity affect your system?
- Can simplicity solve complex problems?
Another view
The metaphor oversimplifies the mechanics of political parties.
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