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« on: March 03, 2016, 08:56:41 AM »
« edited: March 03, 2016, 08:58:34 AM by CrabCakes »

holding referendums, initiatives as a regular feature of democracy  in conjunction with the trappings of representative democracy.
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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2016, 08:57:27 AM »

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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2016, 09:00:10 AM »

Has basically destroyed California.
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2016, 11:18:18 AM »

Certainly better than full representative democracy.
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2016, 12:06:26 PM »

Democracy is always worse and more harmful than a Republic.
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2016, 05:25:26 PM »

Democracy is always worse and more harmful than a Republic.
Wow, I didn't except the right to become flat out anti-democratic for another decade or so.
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2016, 05:27:46 PM »

Democracy is always worse and more harmful than a Republic.
This is one of the most annoying American talking points.

Anyway, huge FS.
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2016, 05:58:18 PM »

It's allowed Tim Eyman to run rampant over this state. Mega HS.
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2016, 08:25:29 PM »

The ideal of a republic and common citizens, is more important the democracy however more democratic and people involved in it is always a good thing, FS.
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2016, 01:30:18 PM »

Democracy is always worse and more harmful than a Republic.
This is one of the most annoying American talking points.

Anyway, huge FS.

No its not , Trump is an example of that , and the brokered convention safegaurds the USA from him
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2016, 02:42:07 PM »

Democracy is always worse and more harmful than a Republic.
This is one of the most annoying American talking points.

Anyway, huge FS.

How? Democracy is an Athenian-style government, not an American one.
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2016, 04:11:27 PM »

HS. Elect representatives to the lower chambers of state and national governments by lottery instead.
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2016, 04:19:45 PM »

Tends to be HS in practice as a process extremely vulnerable to demagoguery.
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« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2016, 04:32:47 PM »

Democracy is always worse and more harmful than a Republic.
This is one of the most annoying American talking points.

Anyway, huge FS.

How? Democracy is an Athenian-style government, not an American one.

A Republic is a Roman one, not an American one by the exact same logic...just saying.

Anyway, it's a double edged sword.
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2016, 02:41:39 PM »

Tends to be HS in practice as a process extremely vulnerable to demagoguery.

This. I'm fine with popular participation in Constitutional amendments and maybe some types of legislation, but in practice the largest faction of people seems inclined towards targeting smaller factions, especially relating to rights. Remember, direct votes were the biggest speed bump for gay marriage.

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« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2016, 02:47:59 PM »

A republic is a polity that is not a monarchy. There are in fact fuzzy boundaries here--how to count the Popes? The Kims? The Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia?--but not where the 'we're a republic, not a democracy!' types seem to think there are. Monarchies can be democratic or undemocratic, republics can be democratic or undemocratic. The actual term for what these types use 'republic' to mean is 'representative democracy', unless 'republic' is used to mean the specifics of the political system in place in the United States, in which case it's worse than useless for comparative discussions.
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