Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa...
by cyphar on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:47AM
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I am repeating what I have heard from other Swiss people, so while you may not feel that the electoral system is as good as it should be (which is a completely justified opinion in any country and I am sure that Swiss people are not a monolith on this topic), it would be disingenuous to say that Switzerland is not even remotely close to a direct democracy. I am not aware of any other country that has a formal mechanism for laws to be changed where the government or parliament is not directly controlling the process.
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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa...
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @04:14AM
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> it would be disingenuous to say that Switzerland is not even remotely close to a direct democracy
I am saying it is as good as it is because it is not direct. The majority can propose an initiative, but the legislature gets to deliberate and draft a counter-proposal, with all of this taking time and encouraging sponsors to withdraw their initiative. In essence, it’s a way to prompt the legislature in a certain direction. Not for the majority to write the law. For an example of how that breaks, see California’s referendum process.