The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by sspiff on Friday June 24, 2016 @12:26PM (#11971083)

I think the Swiss system is pretty good, but I don't know about the Swiss people. Are they smarter than other citizens? Are they less vulnerable to populist propaganda?

I also think this is something that works best on "smaller" scales - that is, not on the scale of France, or the UK, or Germany, but on the scale of Switzerland, Luxemburg, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, ...

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by TWAndrews on Friday June 24, 2016 @01:37PM (#11971800)

Swiss culture is very small-c conservative, with heavy value on making rational, pragmatic decisions. It is no surprise that they have a system which reflects that, and performs well for that population.

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by hansjorg on Friday June 24, 2016 @02:26PM (#11972189)

Very conservative and paternalistic. Swiss women only got the right to vote in 1971. Is that indicative of a rational population?

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Re:The British are Googling what the E.U. is, hours after vo... by sspiff on Monday July 04, 2016 @08:56AM (#12030418)

Rational, democratic process can be conservative and slow to adapt.

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