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RE: Direct Democracy?
May 21, 2015 at 5:20 pm
(May 20, 2015 at 8:10 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: Thoughts?

Look up the Swiss system. As far as I know it's the only country that has ballots about nearly everything. The results are a mixed bag. Direct democracy was directly responsible for women not being allowed to vote until the 80ies or even 90ies in certain cantons.
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Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 20, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Minimalist - May 20, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by AFTT47 - May 20, 2015 at 9:12 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by jesus_wept - May 22, 2015 at 5:02 am
RE: Direct Democracy? - by abaris - May 22, 2015 at 7:07 am
RE: Direct Democracy? - by jesus_wept - May 23, 2015 at 4:28 am
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Saxmoof - May 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 9:54 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Saxmoof - May 20, 2015 at 10:13 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 10:16 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Saxmoof - May 20, 2015 at 10:20 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by bennyboy - May 20, 2015 at 11:02 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 21, 2015 at 12:50 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Minimalist - May 21, 2015 at 1:49 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 21, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Minimalist - May 21, 2015 at 3:53 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by abaris - May 21, 2015 at 5:20 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 21, 2015 at 5:52 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 21, 2015 at 6:07 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 21, 2015 at 6:20 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 22, 2015 at 4:53 am
RE: Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 22, 2015 at 7:28 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Ben Davis - May 22, 2015 at 9:30 am
RE: Direct Democracy? - by nihilistcat - May 22, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Ben Davis - May 26, 2015 at 7:37 am
RE: Direct Democracy? - by Brian37 - May 22, 2015 at 7:19 pm

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