If democracies and their subsequent governments are supposed to represent the population with their policies and actions, then why are there not more referendums for the "bigger" issues, like Crime, Immigration, The death penalty, Abortion, Euthenasia, Defence Force Actions etc.?
And additionally, could the internet not be used to save time?
2007-03-14 06:35:16 · 3 answers · asked by turniton5 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Is there really anything called democracy? The government don't want to know what the people have to say. This takes me back to the anti war marches all over the world prior to the invasion of Iraq. Millions of people voted with their feet in opposition to the war, but they were ignored.
There should be more referendums. Not only should the people be heard, they should be listened to.
2007-03-16 10:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by jacs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the reasons is because they are democracies, although I cannot think of a country in the world today that is governed as a democracy. A democracy can only work if a very small population is involved, and they are very dangerous to the functioning of the nation, as the founding fathers of the US observed. That is why the US is NOT a democracy, but a republic. In a Democracy everyone has a vote on every single political action of the nation involved, getting several million people to agree is almost impossible. At the same time what would a "referendum" on crime do? Make more laws? Criminals by definition disobey the laws, perhaps enforcing the death penalty within a month of sentence would help greatly. The government should not be involved in things like abortion and education as those are moral and state issues. In the US, if your representatives are not working for what you want, elect someone who will.
2007-03-14 13:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by Wiz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When those who do not advocate advancement of a nation are in control the nation does not advance. When those who advocate positive changes are in control those changes will be made. Sometimes the stoppers are in a position to stop the goers and so things don't move there either.
Democracy can work very slowly but decisions made are usually correct.
2007-03-14 13:41:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋