Comment by Bx6667
5 years ago
Didn’t read the article but I met a Swiss guy at a hostel the other day. He told me how citizens can prompt a vote on almost any issue — almost a direct democracy, in his words. He said that a vote was successfully prompted to limit the gap between the salaries of ceos and low level employees. It was voted down. My only remark was that if the United States had a system like that, the country would promptly destroy itself.
How would the country destroy itself?
By voting through feel-good proposals that are ultimately misinformed and destructive. It’s happening anyway through our indirect democracy but at a slower rate.
That is not what is happening in Switzerland. There isn't reallya reason why ot would play out differently in the USA.
The beginning might be turbulent, but that should cha.ge after a few years
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