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Right, you said: > What if the political and economic experts disagree with the majority, not just because of their political and economic knowledge, but becau
by 2muchcoffeeman 10y ago
Right, you said:
> What if the political and economic experts disagree with the majority, not just because of their political and economic knowledge, but because they are a very limited demographic and don't even consider many of the things that are important to the people who are not experts in those fields?
So my understanding of your idea is, the perspective of experts and general populous is different. If we give people more chances to vote, they will have more opportunity to vote in a way that will address issues important to them.
But we already have the opportunity to vote "from our perspective". But a lot of people don't care to. So why would having more opportunities to vote improve the this?
- mike-cardwell 10y agoBecause voting in a general election is different to voting in a referendum. A lot of people see voting in general elections as futile, because as far as they can see, all they get from any party is more of the same. Regardless of whether or not that viewpoint is correct, it doesn't apply to referendums. A referendum is about voting for a specific thing and getting it, or not. I think that if we have more referendums, people will start to realise the difference, and take part more.