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Chances are, you don't live in a democracy anyway. Most "western" world is either a representative republic or the same mixed with a monarchy. Switzerland is t
by imaginenore 10y ago
Chances are, you don't live in a democracy anyway. Most "western" world is either a representative republic or the same mixed with a monarchy.
Switzerland is the only country that gets close to a democracy - they let their citizens vote on many issues.
- snuxoll 10y agoA representative democracy is still a democracy.
- sjijhsio5 10y agoThat's technically true (the best kind of true) -- a representative democracy is a republic --, but the problem that the poster was pointing at was that the people are not being actually represented by our elected representatives.
- imaginenore 10y agoIs it? When was the last time anybody asked you whether your country should go to war? Or how to spend your taxes? Finding a representative that you agree with on most (let alone all) issues is pretty much impossible.
- codydh 10y agoThe Economist Intelligence Unit, amongst others, ranks countries on this dimension: http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/01/daily-chart-20 http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/01/daily-c...