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As someone living in California, my advice is to be very cautious about how much direct democracy you ask for. It can very easily go very badly.
by Kalium 8y ago
As someone living in California, my advice is to be very cautious about how much direct democracy you ask for. It can very easily go very badly.
- ericd 8y agoThis doesn't deserve downvotes. Some of the products of the referendums (prop 13, for example) have had disastrous long term consequences.
- FreakyT 8y agoAnd let's not forget everyone's favorite: > This [literally any object imaginable] contains materials known to the State of California to cause cancer.
- ericd 8y agoOh yeah, that one's great. My two favorite uses of this sign - first, on the jetway, when you're stuck in line, and second, in the baby food aisle at our local grocery store. I guess you could think of it like a memento mori, though: "Everything is killing you, slowly".
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 8y agoColorado is another state where the ballot initiatives are getting out of hand. Very conflicted because there are some decisions I believe should go directly to the people. My ballot this year was pages long. Took me over half an hour to fill it all out. The wording on some of the initiatives are so confusing you have to read them numerous times to decipher.