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I know we call the USA a democracy, but I’m becoming more of a stickler for calling it a Republic. Some of the states are a bit more Democratic than the Federal

I know we call the USA a democracy, but I’m becoming more of a stickler for calling it a Republic. Some of the states are a bit more Democratic than the Federal government. I wonder whether people would take the decisions more seriously if they had to vote on them as they so in Switzerland.

jacquesm 5y ago
It probably would but (1) that requires a somewhat educated electorate and (2) it takes a while to get to the point where a system like that operates smoothly. Switzerland has had this system going back to 1848 https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/18480606/index.html https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/18480606/index.html , and at the time who got to vote was not quite the same as how it is today so the system was gradually expanded. If you were to switch overnight to referenda in say the United States the result would be mayhem.