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Date Posted: 15:39:53 1/11/23 Wed
Author: Jasper
Subject: Taki on Switzerland

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Just think of it: A country with pervasive religious and linguistic divisions enjoys profound social tranquility. African leaders who blame the West for their tribal differences should pay special attention. The Swiss mainly derive from German, French, and Italian stock and speak all three languages but converse in Switzer-Deutsch with each other. And unlike most Western democracies, where an individual has a say every four years or so, the Swiss voter makes more decisions than any other voter on earth. The Swiss developed a system of federalism long ago in which decisions that would be made by the federal government in most countries are made by cantons, communities, some as small as 3,000 people. Popular ballots, or referenda, are voted on directly by the people and as often as required. That’s what I call real democracy, not the special-interest groups that actually rule and that know-nothing Americans call the will of the people. This here is the first direct democracy since that of Athens in 450 BC, the only difference being it gets colder up here than it does in my birthplace.

https://www.takimag.com/article/swiss-bliss/

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