Brexit showed that the results of a referendum can be influenced by bad actors.
The current Labour government shows that representative democracy can be undermined by a party being elected on a slate of policies, none of which they then enact.
I’d rather face the hazards of the more direct form. At least people get what they vote for, which is supposed to be the point of democracy.
Tattered
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2026-01-16 22:56:04 UTC
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