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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by rcpt on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:45AM (#28118317)
Switzerland, like California, is a direct democracy. Taxes that touch the assets of voting demographics fail while taxes that burden non-voting demographics pass.
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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by motives on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:23PM (#28118816)
Nit: Switzerland as a country is a semi-direct democracy not a direct democracy. Only 2 cantons fulfil the criteria for the classical definition of direct democracy.
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Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' by yellow_lead on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:58AM (#28118491)
They are direct and indirect, since both also have legislatures in addition to their referendum / initiative laws.
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