Re:US government dictates Swedish copyright laws
by pbhjpbhj on Friday October 07, 2011 @08:26AM
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>And everyone would initially vote for NIMBY policies //
I think this shows the problem, the tyranny of the masses. Basically as I grow older I'm more inclined to think that pure democracy won't work because people won't make short term sacrifices for long term gains or sacrifice there own benefit for the larger benefit of more others.
That said I do think we (I'm in the UK) need more representation for the demos. That, for example, we should have a system like Suisse where a proportion of the population can force a referendum.
My personal opinion is that a country works better if some of it's forces can operate covertly too.
I think this shows the problem, the tyranny of the masses. Basically as I grow older I'm more inclined to think that pure democracy won't work because people won't make short term sacrifices for long term gains or sacrifice there own benefit for the larger benefit of more others.
That said I do think we (I'm in the UK) need more representation for the demos. That, for example, we should have a system like Suisse where a proportion of the population can force a referendum.
My personal opinion is that a country works better if some of it's forces can operate covertly too.