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Luckily, with the exception of some Swiss cantons that put issues to a plebiscite once in a while, democracy usually is governance as usual with the chance for
by mtts 17y ago
Luckily, with the exception of some Swiss cantons that put issues to a plebiscite once in a while, democracy usually is governance as usual with the chance for the public to intervene once in a while when things get really out of hand.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agothought provoking response. obviously true in a general sense, but there's lots of argument to be had over the specifics. I suppose the short response is that I dislike dishonest government. if a government isn't really a democracy but rather something else then the power should not be allowed to go cloaked. the illusion of control by the common citizen causes wasteful misdirection of resources.