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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 2 Oct 2016
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    Referenda are dumb. 'Direct democracy' is a misnomer. Better term is amateurocracy. Democracy is good for picking people, not positions.

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 2 Oct 2016
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        don't know enough to comment

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 2 Oct 2016
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        isn't the direct part mainly at the local canton level?

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      1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 2 Oct 2016
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        also...exception that proves rule perhaps, in showing how unusual history and context have to be for it to work

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      2.  ⭐ Daniel Lucraft‏ @danlucraft 2 Oct 2016
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        referenda aren’t dumb. But most policy decisions and things that are the results of long negotiations are bad subjects for them

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        which is.... Most matters in governance. Things that are referendum worth are usually handled at nation-formation time.

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      2. Shashikant Kore‏ @kshashi 3 Oct 2016
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        The kind of people who get elected in India makes you a question the claim that democracy is good at picking people.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 3 Oct 2016
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        you prefer aurangazeb types? 😄

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        "Democracy is good for picking people." lol

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        Democracy is garbage at picking people. The best people avoid the indignity of submitting to stupid voters, journalists, and donors.

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      2. Sam Burnstein‏ @GrumplessGrinch 2 Oct 2016
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        is it good though?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 2 Oct 2016
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        well, this risks restarting a civil war and sending it into a Venezuela type backslide and years of misery for many...

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