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Re:They made computers behave like annoying salesmen by namaria on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @06:13PM (#43777226)
I was joking, but my serious opinion on this is that direct democracy doesn't scale. For a country like Switzerland that is basically a small patchwork of villages up in the mountains it is probably fine, but for a polity of 39 million people and one of the biggest economies on Earth I should say it's a bad fit. Maybe for some local propositions.
Re:They made computers behave like annoying salesmen by trollbridge on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:07PM (#43788858)
... which is why it would be reasonable to allow local government units to implement rent control.
Re:They made computers behave like annoying salesmen by namaria on Friday April 25, 2025 @12:41AM (#43790154)
No, that doesn't follow at all. My point is about the scale of ballot measure not the effects. That would be for the State legislature to decide, in my opinion, not a State-wide referendum, is the point.