The flaw is inherent in the design
The flaw is inherent in the design
Posted Jun 26, 2009 9:59 UTC (Fri) by dmk (guest, #50141)In reply to: The flaw is inherent in the design by jmorris42
Parent article: Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)
if one wants to see a working 'real' democracy, take a look at switzerland.
Posted Jun 29, 2009 8:53 UTC (Mon)
by Seegras (guest, #20463)
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We've got a lot of the same problems as the USA; tough generally in lesser extent, since we've got some more safeguards built in. (Like: A ruling council of 7 people which serves also as cabinet, instead of a president who can choose his own cronies as cabinet).
The flaw is inherent in the design
Our swiss democracy certainly is better (and might be, depending on criteria, even older than the US one), but it's certainly not perfect.