i don't feel like this makes much of a difference, if any. the primary hindrance to any change and progress is NIMBY, as far as i can see in the US and in germany (and probably elsewhere, but those two i am most familiar with). multiple parties don't help there at all. multiple parties enable coalitions, but all that does is force parties to compromise on their goals. in the end they all just fight each other anyways without being able to progress much.
for real progress a complete overhaul of the electoral process is needed. i'd abolish the concept of parties wholesale. instead each representative is elected individually, and there is no party association that limits any of them on which issues to support. think of it as each representative being their own individual party.
fair point. it should be a goal though. and to be realistic, i am thinking in decades or even centuries to achieve that. it takes a large scale rethinking of democracy. the current state leaves the majority of the population unrepresented (because they feel that none of the existing parties are able to represent their interest) and drives the resentment and lack of interest in becoming politically active. in short, we all feel helpless because the politicians only do what gives them votes, and not what we really need.
for real progress a complete overhaul of the electoral process is needed. i'd abolish the concept of parties wholesale. instead each representative is elected individually, and there is no party association that limits any of them on which issues to support. think of it as each representative being their own individual party.