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Re:Four-hundred Thirty-Five Representatives Can Not Represen... by DarthGhandi on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:44PM (#21633637)
Direct democracy works well in Switzerland. It's shocking to claim that people are simply to dumb to know what's best for them. Given the opportunity many will educate themselves on the matter.

May as well be advocating for a benevolent dictatorship.

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Re:Four-hundred Thirty-Five Representatives Can Not Represen... by jedberg on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:54PM (#21633734)
Switzerland doesn’t have direct democracy. They have representatives combined with a referendum system.

Just like California. And that system has arguably caused many problems in California. The budget is a mess because of the referendum system. And California has a population four times that of Switzerland.

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Re:Four-hundred Thirty-Five Representatives Can Not Represen... by joyeuse6701 on Monday November 25, 2019 @05:48PM (#21633662)
small highly intelligent populace works well for direct democracy, a largely stupid one does not.
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Re:Four-hundred Thirty-Five Representatives Can Not Represen... by DarthGhandi on Thursday November 28, 2019 @05:25AM (#21656074)
A small dumb group of people works better in your opinion?
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