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Yes, in an ideal world. However, "modern democracies" like Switzerland implement tyranny: http://www.thelocal.ch/20160609/immigrant-family-denied-swiss-citize
by NetStrikeForce 10y ago
Yes, in an ideal world.
However, "modern democracies" like Switzerland implement tyranny:
http://www.thelocal.ch/20160609/immigrant-family-denied-swiss-citizenship-over-choice-of-clothes http://www.thelocal.ch/20160609/immigrant-family-denied-swis...
http://www.thelocal.ch/20170109/annoying-anti-cow-bell-campaigner-denied-swiss-passport http://www.thelocal.ch/20170109/annoying-anti-cow-bell-campa...
(There are more sources for both, in case you don't trust this one)
Direct democracy is good, but we still don't seem to know how to implement it right or make a responsible use of it.
- JohnStrange 10y agoMy suggestion to make direct democracy (plebiscite) work is to turn it into a mild form of technocracy. You'd have to pass an easy test made of a small random selection of Q&A's about a limited number of published facts similar to the theoretical part of drivers license tests, before you can cast your vote. So participation would require some effort and some dedication, though not any higher education or a lot of time investment. This suggestion is unpopular among people who deny that there are facts and reality. These people exist both on the left (e.g. `social constructivism about science') and the right (e.g. recent trends among some Trump supporters) side of the political spectrum. Anybody who has no trouble with reality and has passed a drivers license should have no problems with it, though.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoI don't think it does matter though. Clever, wise and motivated people can also be arseholes and vote against you having local passport because you usually wear a tracksuit, are vegan or think cowbells not right.