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> "Requiring a supermajority is just privileging the side that prefers the status quo." Rather, requiring a supermajority is to privilege the status quo, perio
by leot 10y ago
> "Requiring a supermajority is just privileging the side that prefers the status quo."
Rather, requiring a supermajority is to privilege the status quo, period. There are benefits to stability, no matter how it's constituted. These benefits are codified through mechanisms like supermajority votes.
A more rational referendum would have been a far more serious endeavor, perhaps one in which the population voted multiple times.
Big changes should, in general, not be easy to make.
- Kequc 10y agoIt's going to take 2-3 years before the UK is out of the EU, that is in no way simple. The referendum was only called after decades of political squabbling over the issue and Cameron was extremely confident in putting the question to rest. You are zooming in on one night and ignoring everything that has happened before and what is to happen after.