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I have an easy time thinking of examples of why direct democracy is an optimal government structure. Switzerland. It has a long history of direct democracy, com
by biohacker42 17y ago
I have an easy time thinking of examples of why direct democracy is an optimal government structure. Switzerland. It has a long history of direct democracy, compare how it has been governed with how the other democracies have been governed.
There's no need to get all abstract when there are real world examples.
- jacoblyles 17y agoIt's also a federalist system with unique geography and a smaller population than New York City. Their example might not be portable. It's worth thinking of different alternatives, rather than generalizing from a sample size of one. Hong Kong and Singapore are also good examples of well-run states that are completely different. Hong Kong has the same population as Switzerland.
- biohacker42 17y agoThat's a good point, all of those places are tiny places. Still, I'd like to think that Switzerland can be scaled up. As well functioning as Singapore is, I don't want to see that scaled up.