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It doesn’t need to be. 10% of the population being able to put major policies to a referendum is a bit silly.
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marcusverus • today at 4:29 PM
> 10% of the population being able to put major policies to a referendum is a bit silly.
I think it's fantastic, actually. If the US had such a mechanism in place, we'd get term limits passed in a jiffy! In the absence of such a mechanism, the political class can simply refuse to act on popular measures. And while 10% might seem like a small number, the time, effort, and organization required to get 1/10th of the entire population to sign on for such a measure is actually a huge undertaking.
Don’t look at our Swiss system, you won’t like what you see