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We can move the goalposts as much as we like, but the Swiss have the closest approximation of a direct democracy in the world, right now. So before dreaming ab
by oblio 1y ago
We can move the goalposts as much as we like, but the Swiss have the closest approximation of a direct democracy in the world, right now.
So before dreaming about 100% democracy, maybe the US could slide away from "flawed democracy", first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index#/media/File:Economist_Intelligence_Unit_Democracy_Index_2024.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index#...
- lazide 1y agoSure, but who is going to be elected who would do that? And as has been quite apparent, since the most folks will do is peacefully protest if outside the voting system - and be ignored - how else is it going to change? And if either of those were working, we wouldn’t be complaining about this online anyway eh?
- oblio 1y agoI highly doubt the US system can be fixed peacefully. I really wish it were, since the US affects a lot of the rest of the world (including where I live).