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Or you could have a representative democracy like the UK, where you vote in a specialist to go and understand the detail for you. It is an amazing constitution
by jimnotgym 7y ago
Or you could have a representative democracy like the UK, where you vote in a specialist to go and understand the detail for you.
It is an amazing constitutional step to rip this up and start holding referendums!
- thaumasiotes 7y agoElected politicians are not specialists in the issues they vote on. They're specialists in winning elections.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Elected politicians are not specialists in the issues they vote on. Insofar as the things they vote on are laws and they are disproportionately professionals in law, that's not entirely true.
- thaumasiotes 7y agoBut to the extent those laws purport to govern topics other than the law itself, it is true. In the US, the rules that govern the law are set by judges, not by representatives.