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Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money by Lawtonfogle on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @09:28AM (#10806784)
>It's a tragic topic to put to a referendum though, because I don't expect every random person to be an expert on the technical nuances of financial history.

Voters are not experts on matters of laws, morality, ethics, psychology, sociology, or criminology. If it is tragic for this to be put to referendum, then most every referendum is tragic.

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Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money by jsprogrammer on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @01:36PM (#10808228)
I wouldn't want 'experts' in psychology, sociology, criminology, or other -ology to be deciding anything for me.
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Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money by Lawtonfogle on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @02:32PM (#10808543)
Many feel the same way about financial experts.
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Re:Switzerland to vote on banning banks from creating money by jsprogrammer on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @03:56PM (#10809019)
As they should.
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