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Wouldn't the Swiss system also encourage controversial decisions to be rapidly validated by a majority? Part of the supposed appeal of representative government

• anonymouskimmer 4y ago
  >"voting for free bread and no taxes, right?" Large farms and capital owners don't strike me as the "rabble".
  • whitemary 4y ago
    I'm glad someone spoke up!
• tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
  I don't understand what you mean by "encourage controversial decisions to be rapidly validated by a majority".
• Kichererbsen 4y ago
  You'd think, but time and time again, the "rabble" votes against it's own interest. We had an initiative for 6 weeks holidays - shot down. We had other good (IMO) initiatives on UBI, Healthcare, you name it - shot down. The system is quite stable and is also not immune to lobbying and fearmongering. It seems both qualities can be true at the same time.
  • panick21_ 4y ago
    Maybe you just have difference on opinion what their own interest is. Its pretty rich to presume that you know what in the best interest of everybody is. Just saying its all because of fearmongering and to stupidity of the plebs is an elitists attitude that I dislike. Of course lobbying has an effect. That literally what democracy is built on. Lobbying is effective also in things that you like, not just those that you dislike. We also had a lot of initiatives that were accompanied by lots of fearmongering (vote for this or country if fucked) that were rejected.