Hi, there is always a good and a bad side with referendums.
Pro:
People who are affected should be asked what they think about. These people should vote to help to find democratic decisons.
Contra:
We have democratic elected representatives in all regions. These people are experts or should at least have access to experts to find the best for their representated people. Referendums often end up in total mess of populism and campaigns which drive the opinion of the masses based on faces and stories.
I am not sure if I prefer to rely on somebody I possibly don't trust who represents me or if I prefer to see my neighbours thinking heavyly effected by private television and populisitc newspapers. I think it requires a case to case decision ...
Exactly, politicians are payed to make decisions. I don't want to say there is no chance for corruption and / or other crimes, but to start a referendum for all and everything makes the system much more sluggish or even stops processes at all. There are good reasons to do referendums in special cases, but I still think it should not be the standard for many small decisions. I also claim that often after some time 50% of the voters are not happy with the decision, but complain about bad or incomplete upfront information or they were just not able to see mid and long term effects. So the bad guys are no longer the decision maker, which is wonderful for politicians, but other institution like press, populists etc. or just your neighbor.
i didnt toook notes, but heres some referendum every a bit. its even annoying in a way.
most popular are those about independence, or joining or leaving EU or NATO, but theres a bunch of other ones. my country had one last year, and it was about deciding about Day of the republic.
detail i remembered is that Swiss had near 200 referendums in the last 20 yrs, 8 or 9 this year only.
France suffers from many things, and one of them is colonial disease.
While other colonial empires pulled back, France kept exploiting theirs. Even today.
As a result of doing it decade after decade, France became destination for people from their squeezed out countries.
Now if they let people do referendum, im afraid majority could decide about termination of some long term practices of government. Like CFA, or administering any overseas territory, with such problems in administering their own country.
Hi, there is always a good and a bad side with referendums.
Pro:
People who are affected should be asked what they think about. These people should vote to help to find democratic decisons.
Contra:
We have democratic elected representatives in all regions. These people are experts or should at least have access to experts to find the best for their representated people. Referendums often end up in total mess of populism and campaigns which drive the opinion of the masses based on faces and stories.
I am not sure if I prefer to rely on somebody I possibly don't trust who represents me or if I prefer to see my neighbours thinking heavyly effected by private television and populisitc newspapers. I think it requires a case to case decision ...
Exactly, politicians are payed to make decisions. I don't want to say there is no chance for corruption and / or other crimes, but to start a referendum for all and everything makes the system much more sluggish or even stops processes at all. There are good reasons to do referendums in special cases, but I still think it should not be the standard for many small decisions. I also claim that often after some time 50% of the voters are not happy with the decision, but complain about bad or incomplete upfront information or they were just not able to see mid and long term effects. So the bad guys are no longer the decision maker, which is wonderful for politicians, but other institution like press, populists etc. or just your neighbor.
i didnt toook notes, but heres some referendum every a bit. its even annoying in a way.
most popular are those about independence, or joining or leaving EU or NATO, but theres a bunch of other ones. my country had one last year, and it was about deciding about Day of the republic.
detail i remembered is that Swiss had near 200 referendums in the last 20 yrs, 8 or 9 this year only.
France suffers from many things, and one of them is
colonial disease.While other colonial empires pulled back, France kept exploiting theirs. Even today.
As a result of doing it decade after decade, France became destination for people from their squeezed out countries.
Now if they let people do referendum, im afraid majority could decide about termination of some long term practices of government. Like CFA, or administering any overseas territory, with such problems in administering their own country.