Comment by AnthonyMouse
Comment by AnthonyMouse 7 months ago
It's an additional check. That's good, but it isn't always sufficient, because sometimes you can convince 51% of people to do something wrong.
Comment by AnthonyMouse 7 months ago
It's an additional check. That's good, but it isn't always sufficient, because sometimes you can convince 51% of people to do something wrong.
Countries that don't regularly have popular votes face the challenge that any vote is considered as a vote of confidence in their current government. It basically only reflects the popularity of the government and people do not evaluate the face value, the core of the issue. Having a real democracy takes a lot of training and effort.
Brexit was 52% of voters voting to leave, but that was only 37% of the electorate. [1] It wasn't >50% of the electorate, let alone >50% of the population.
[1] https://fullfact.org/online/brexit-referendum-electorate-lea...
If you can convince 51% of the population to do something wrong than you're already screwed and have much bigger issues to worry about.