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Representative/indirect democracy exist because'the people' can't make informed decisions. A regular parliament session in any bigger country (or the EU parliam
by pergadad 7y ago
Representative/indirect democracy exist because'the people' can't make informed decisions. A regular parliament session in any bigger country (or the EU parliament) will vote on a dozen laws. No way to scale this to country level decisions. Even in Switzerland direct votes on an issue are the exception, not the norm.