Talk:Direct democracy

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This is a huuuuuge talk page, and ought to be archived. Is anyone against using MiszaBot I to archive this page automatically? --Explodicle (T/C) 19:08, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take that as a "no". Please don't change the archive templates I'm about to put up or archive manually until MiszaBot does its thing. --Explodicle (T/C) 15:15, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Misconception

"Today, Switzerland is still an example of modern direct democracy, as it exhibits the first two pillars at both the local and federal levels."

Switzerland has indirect democracy. Representatives decide which laws are implemented. Sometimes the swiss voters can decide in a binding fashion, but not always.

Direct democracy indeed means that at any time everyone can use his vote in a legally binding manner without any middle man. The sentence should be changed, because Switzerland does not have a direct democracy as this sentences implies. In fact I believe up today, there is no real form of direct democracy implemented anywhere.