Category: rejected concepts

Dismissal of the representative

If citizens do not have the right to a referendum , the dismissal of a representative seems to be a good solution. But even then, the appeal does not give us anything. It is not at all said that the next politician will be better than the previous one. On the other hand, the dismissal is very beneficial for the political opposition. Thanks to it, the opposition can fight for election. This is happening at the expense of citizens because

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Openness of votes

Anonymity of votes is not needed if everyone in the group has the same interest. However, if someone from the group wants to win something for themselves, then transparency begins to be a problem. With open voting, a selfish person can:– see who their ally is- see if allies voted as they agreed– pressure people who vote differently Peer pressure The influence of peer pressure on decisions is well illustrated by Asch’s experiment. It is very difficult to have a

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Compulsion voting and turnout threshold

For many years, coercion to vote has been used in many countries. It is from that time that the legend comes that 99% of Swiss people take part in the referendum. It turned out, however, that when voting is forced, people who have not had time to be interested in the subject vote as the largest media say. However, when voting is voluntary, only those who are sure that their knowledge is good enough that the result of the vote

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