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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 (IM
by 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 agoMaybe 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.