-Removed-I think that in an effective democracy, everyone gets an equal say, as opposed to listening to those who shout loudest. While people should obviously have the right to protest, they are typically the result of the people not feeling their voice heard through ordinary channels. You will have to go back quite a while to find the last large-scale protest sparked by broad dissent among the populace in the Nordic democracies.
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Originally posted by @kazetnagorra"Equal say,...people not feeling their voice heard through ordinary channels"?
I think that in an effective democracy, everyone gets an equal say, as opposed to listening to those who shout loudest. While people should obviously have the right to protest, they are typically the result of the people not feeling their voice heard through ordinary channels. You will have to go back quite a while to find the last large-scale protest sparked by broad dissent among the populace in the Nordic democracies.
Er, we had a Referendum. Did you miss it?
Originally posted by @kazetnagorraWe can't leave the European Union and remain at the same time, so how can everyone be represented? Your position is nonsense. We had a referendum; leave won and remain lost. Majority rules.
I think that in an effective democracy, everyone gets an equal say, as opposed to listening to those who shout loudest. While people should obviously have the right to protest, they are typically the result of the people not feeling their voice heard through ordinary channels. You will have to go back quite a while to find the last large-scale protest sparked by broad dissent among the populace in the Nordic democracies.
Originally posted by @kazetnagorraYes that's why we were the ones who adopted fascism, communism, absolute monarchy and theocracy and Europe had to save us from destroying ourselves. Sounds right, hey?
There's more than one possible way to implement democracy; as it happens, the version implemented in the U.K. is one of the less effective ones.