Correct me if I am wrong but isn't Sweden's government a constitutional monarchy, primarly controlled for the most part by one main party; The Social Democratic Party?
(I know Sweden has many other parties, yet I am under the assumtion that the social dems have dominated Swedish politics for 100yrs.)
If that system works fine for Swedes than fine by me.
The United States has many many different parties, just like most governmental systems claiming to be democracys.
Unlike most of the worlds "democracys" the U.S. doesn't use a parlimentary system.
Our system is called direct representative, the individual not the party is elected (as well as other differences), hence no majiority is required to form a government.
This means in the United States, you and your party stand alone. No other parties are going to attach themselves too you for the sake of fulfiling thier own paticular special intrests (because the victor in elections doesnt need them to rule if his party is big enough).
Quite naturally, allmost from the start, a primarly two party system developed to dominant the rest.(strength in numbers)
Our two parties have changed markebly throughout thier individual histories even apparently switching entire political directions. ( at one time it was the dems that were the conservatives and the republicans were the radical liberals)
American politics have allways thrived on controversial stances and lots of fighting between the two main parties.
One time in congress there was even a fist fight between a conservative democrat and an abolisionist (early republican party, see U.S. Civil War for details).
All the low balling and dirty political tricks aside, just can't change the fact that regardless of what type of government system you belong to......that so called "democracy" is just limited voluntary tyranny by any other name.