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I don't want to argue for lobbying, which can get pretty sickening at times, but I suspect other major democracies just aren't as blatant. How does your democr
by ezy 14y ago
I don't want to argue for lobbying, which can get pretty sickening at times, but I suspect other major democracies just aren't as blatant. How does your democracy remove corporate bribes from the equation? How do people, in aggregate, push specific issues with their legislators?
- algorias 14y ago>How does your democracy remove corporate bribes from the equation? How do people, in aggregate, push specific issues with their legislators? By voting for all issues directly, like it's done here in switzerland. Other systems where you vote people into office to do the actual decision making for you can hardly be called democracies in comparison.
- swift 14y agoAbsolutely. The claim that the form of government in the United States is a "democracy" is one of the most impressive propaganda successes I've seen.
- mayneack 14y agoAnd then do coalitions form to influence the popular opinion of specific things that might be beneficial to them? In many US states, they allow ballot measures, but they are often worse than the options that would come out of the legislature because of the free for all nature of advertising for them and the general public's lack of knowledge of the details of the proposal. They do, however, allow issues such as gay marriage/pot to come up if it's too controversial for the legislature.
- ced 14y agoAll issues? Even obscure, or technical laws? I'd love to hear more about how that works out. Certainly, the parliamentary system in Canada is a mixed bag.
- ezy 14y agoSwitzerland has no requirement that political donations be reported, unlike the us. US states have referendums all the time.