News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @04:14AM (#32395384)
> 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.

There are no comments on this comment yet.