Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money
by snarfy on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @06:40AM
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It's a republic not a democracy. The problem with a democracy is the majority rules. If the US were a true democracy the civil rights movement would have never happened. The white majority could have simply out voted the black minority. Pure democracy is mob-rule.
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Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money
by icebraining on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @06:59AM
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The white majority was in favour of the Civil Right Act and of the Voting Rights Act.
http://volokh.com/2010/05/24/public-opinion-anti-discriminat...
http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/voting-rights-act/
The idea that the "republic" part of the system protects minorities despite vast opposition from the majority sounds nice, but it's not supported by reality.
Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money
by stefantalpalaru on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @10:23AM
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> It's a republic not a democracy.
That's like saying that it's an animated film, not a comedy. The republic is a form of government and democracy is a way to involve the people in deciding who governs them. Some republics are democracies, some democracies are republics.
> The problem with a democracy is the majority rules.
When the minority rules, like in a plutocracy, you've got a bigger problem.