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You’re not in a democracy, it’s a representative parliament system. Same almost worldwide. There’s a difference. Many of modern so called democracies though re
by gfiorav 9y ago
You’re not in a democracy, it’s a representative parliament system. Same almost worldwide. There’s a difference.
Many of modern so called democracies though referendums are not the best way to solve these issues. Read up on how it worked for the Ancient Greeks or how the American constitution fathers talk about “direct democracy”.
Then think how it worked out for Brexit. It’s nothign new: ancient Greeks also got fired up by propaganda and later regretted their own decisions. Socrates came up with his “government of the fit” watching his contemporaries claim for bad things only to regret it when it was too late.
Essentially: a referendum is like saying “every single citizen has enough information and vision to do whatever is best for the country”. I find that pretty optimistic to say the least.
- nsnick 9y agoSo you are saying you want Spain to bring back the Fascists?
- gfiorav 9y agoHow I’m I saying that? I don’t even mention fascism. I’m saying that representative parliament works, and there’s a way to solve this using this worldwide system. Direct democracy is not what we have, America’s founders considered it “anarchy” as a matter of fact. Read up.
- monodeldiablo 9y agoAmerica's founders also considered slaves fractional people and women incapable of voting. They happened to be right about some things, but they were still wrong about other things.
- gfiorav 9y agoYeah, they also called indigenous people “savages”. Back in those days stuff like that was still not clear. However, when creating the constitution, they put a lot of thought on the system it should follow. Like I said: direct democracy is a tried and tested method. It has failed for the same reason always.
- monodeldiablo 9y ago> Like I said: direct democracy is a tried and tested method. It has failed for the same reason always. Always? You should be sure to inform the Swiss, who've been operating under the mistaken assumption that direct democracy in their cantons was functioning just fine. Then, climb in your time machine and alert the New Englanders that their town halls were actually ruinous disasters. Then go further back and mock the ancient Athenians for starting this whole democracy debacle by running a stable government for 200 years.
- icebraining 9y agoThe Constitution fathers also mentioned that sometimes blood is necessary to preserve liberty. I personally prefer a referendum.