Referenda have always been double-edged swords. They’ve been using by totalitarian populists since at least the Roman republic. In most representative democrac

Referenda have always been double-edged swords. They’ve been using by totalitarian populists since at least the Roman republic. In most representative democracies, treaties have to be approved after the fact but they certainly do not need to be pre-approved before being negotiated. This is not more undemocratic than a spur-of-the-moment referendum.