> It's not a miscarriage of democracy to ignore the referendum result. How is a referendum different from a direct instance of democracy. I really want to know

> It's not a miscarriage of democracy to ignore the referendum result. How is a referendum different from a direct instance of democracy. I really want to know. I don't like democracy, so don't get confused about my political orientation. That's not the problem here. > The point of democracy is to elect representatives That is Republicanism. > that can think about solutions and their consequences better than the average person. That is epistocracy. Sometimes it is known as the original purpose of the aristocracy before that got a bad rep for a century or two after the last time Europe went into a complete meltdown during the Revolution. Definitions aside I believe you are horribly underestimating the probability of violence breaking out if this referendum result is ignored. It is close to 100%. CFAR says when you're a 100% sure that you're actually only correct 66% of the time. Taking that as a given, this means you have a 66% chance of riots and worse. The working class are not going to lie down on this one. For them this will be the straw that broke the camel's back. I know them personally and assure you this will be seen as nothing less than a complete betrayal by elites. For them it means there is no hope left. Well known pragmatist President Snow would be agog at what I'm seeing expressed on HN, what seems sensible to many people here is suicidal.