Re:Switzerland Federal Council bans large-scale events
by teekert on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:38AM
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People are elected to make decisions for us. We hold them responsible at the next election. That is the currently what democracy is.
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Re:Switzerland Federal Council bans large-scale events
by mikl on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:29AM
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How’s that working for ya?
Democracies where the people only have a voice every few years are regularly seen doing things against the will of the people, because the politicians know they can get away with it, because it’ll be forgotten by the time the next election comes around.
Re:Switzerland Federal Council bans large-scale events
by _xoo on Friday February 28, 2020 @09:23AM
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It's working great. In Switzerland we do not only have elections every few years but we can also (directly) vote on issues from all three legal jurisdictions (municipality, canton or federal level) multiple times a year. Thus, we not only have a democracy but a direct democracy.