this question gets me "A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system." the counter is of course that it is not considered an advantage for one party systems because the considered advantage of multiparty democracies is that they have an opposition party to cirticise and question decisions, and that this (while it may slow decsion making) will improve the quality of the decision.

But having never considered it in that light I do think that there are situations where a delay is less useful than an immediate decision - in life you don't make all decisions by carefully wieghing up the options (for example when wlkaing down the street you automatically avoid other people without even thinking about it) In politics there may be situations when a faster decision is optimal, and if a multi-party system can't do so then this is a disadvantage. (that doesn't mean it is always a disadvantage; but still it is the advantage of one party systems... you can compare it to the advantage of carefully considered and discussed decision which ahs it's own advantages - but i tend to agree with the statment - even if i would prefer to live in a multiparty system - for me it is a matter of prespective....