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Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by lispm on Friday April 12, 2024 @07:10AM (#40011279)
> it's the majority of the real population

I have questions. What is a "real" population?

The swiss direct democracy is about "the majority of the real population" ? So the intiatives are won with a majority of the population? >50% of the population? Is that true? I thought it's something like >50% of the valid votes.

> You should inform yourself about this great political system.

Please explain this great political system to me.

Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by Rochus on Friday April 12, 2024 @07:28AM (#40011370)
> What is a "real" population?

Might be the wrong term, thus in quotes; I wanted to express, that the voters can directly influence political decisions; in a representative democracy, in contrast, such decisions are reserved for a political elite (in the case of a representative democracy e.g. a parlament); the problem of the latter is, that this "elite" tends to live in their own world during their term of office.

> Please explain this great political system to me.

That would really go too far in a commentary, and there are also established sources that can explain this far better than I can. I'm also not used to writing about it in English. I recommend first of all the links mentioned in my other comments.

Re:Switzerland faces landmark climate-human rights ruling by lispm on Friday April 12, 2024 @10:32AM (#40013381)
> voters can directly influence political decisions

and the "elite" can influence voters through other means. That "masses" can be manipulated should be known.