"Why democracy is dangerous" by the New York Times. Give all power to our benign technocratic overlords. http://nyti.ms/2dsZuXU
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like, if the UK put a burka ban to a referendum right now, it would almost certainly pass. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/01/british-public-back-a-ban-on-burqa-by-two-to-one-poll-finds/ …
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the fact that they sometimes produce outcomes you like doesn't prove that they're a good way to govern
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& if we are going to take a consequentialist approach, don't just hand wave & say "well sometimes things don't work out"
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If we limit referendums to state marijuana legalization, then we can agree. When it comes to war/sovereignty/etc, they're dangerous
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That is not a valid argument for referendums but rather an indictment on our political system.
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