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Swiss here, curiously interested, what does direct democracy in the US look like? Direct democracy means a lot around here, like not having a single party long
by herbst 3y ago
Swiss here, curiously interested, what does direct democracy in the US look like?
Direct democracy means a lot around here, like not having a single party long term in some control positions who could block or manipulate bills. Voting on topics instead of politians is only a small aspect of this all working.
- ryan-c 3y ago> what does direct democracy in the US look like? Two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13 (massively screwed up the housing market in California, not feasible to reverse it now) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 (defined marriage in the state constitution as between a man and a woman, still on the books but invalidated in court... for now)
- hmcq6 3y agoWell owning a set of lock picks is illegal in the US so... 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
- __egb__ 3y agoThat is not true. It’s on a state-by-state basis and only a few states have laws that say ownership is automatically seen as intent to commit a crime. It’s legal in most states to own lock picks and use them on locks you own. I also believe most of the same states allow you to use them on any locks with the permission of the owner, but there may be a few that require a locksmith for that, even if you aren’t selling the service.
- kayfox 3y ago> Well owning a set of lock picks is illegal in the US so... 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. No. https://www.toool.us/lockpicking-laws.php https://www.toool.us/lockpicking-laws.php Oddy enough, owning lockpicks is sorta illegal in some Canadian provinces.
- tim333 3y agoI've been curious as a Brit living thought the mess that was the brexit vote and implementation, how the Swiss would have dealt with such a matter? I'm told they have better systems and wouldn't have done it like we did but I'm not sure quite how.
- atemerev 3y agoWe have voted in Schengen membership in 2008, but opted out of many association agreements with EU. We have a referendum like every 4 months, so all of this is not a big deal, things like these are routinely decided with a direct all-nation vote.
- tim333 3y agoAh - the every 4 months kind of thing might have helped rather than our every 30 years or something like that.