This is why you don't really want to live under a democracy (always assuming you can find a non-democracy that respects human rights). California's government-b

This is why you don't really want to live under a democracy (always assuming you can find a non-democracy that respects human rights). California's government-by-referendum has made it impossibly dysfunctional, because the populace consistently votes for two types of referendum: "spend money on things I like" and "don't raise my taxes."