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Anarchist party in charge of a state doesn’t really make sense. But you could bring back federalists and anti-federalists, that’s baked deep into American culture, and kind of thematically similar.
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Separating head of state (ceremonial leader) from head of government (administrative leader) would do wonders for the US. Make a giant show of electing a new head of state, have them run it America’s Idol style, run it every year, whatever. Elect Donald Trump one year and a K-pop star the next, sounds fun.
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Market socialism sounds like a perfectly reasonable fit for the US. You can have a nice debate about whether we implement a universal food guarantee by universalizing foodstamps or paying restaurants a fixed price per meal served. As long as we actually end up doing one of those per human need, the differences between the options are minor.
Separating head of state (ceremonial leader) from head of government (administrative leader)
I really don’t get the point of this, even in other countries. Why have a guy who has no real power and does nothing? What even is the real distinction between head of state and head of government? Like how is the Prime Minister of a parliament any different from a President? How are their ministers/chancellors/secretaries/whatever any different from the Cabinet? It all just sounds like an executive branch to me. The only real difference is that each of those people is also a member of the legislative branch, which is fine but that doesn’t require some ceremonial head of state.
From what I can tell the ceremonial head of state originates in constitutional monarchies and is pointless when you end said monarchies. Yet republics do it anyway.
Some people are voting based on policy. Some people vote for who they want to see in the news for the next four years. Do you really want those to be the same election?
Sometimes the head of government is in charge of making legislation, while the head of state is in charge of enforcing it. Heads of state can control militaries, appoint ministers/secretaries, but can’t actually go against the policy wishes of the government.
Where is it done that way? Parliamentary republics place enforcing of legislation, appointing ministers, controlling militaries, etc in the Prime Minister’s lap, no? They are heads of state in all but name.
