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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by elif on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @05:17PM (#13180170)
Yes there are theoretical justifications for a republic over a democracy. But in modern practice, do you believe that the average person is more of a "self-entitled idiot" than the corporate lobbyists writing our laws?
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Re:CHVote: Open-source e-voting system from Switzerland by SomeStupidPoint on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @07:51PM (#13181309)
Yes.

Not self-entitled part, but the idiot (on a particular topic) part. I think lobbyists could sell the public on things they could never sell senators on.

Now lobbying is a problem, but the solution should be in our picking and regulatory mechanisms, not in letting them lobby the public directly.

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