Perché l’AFD è appassionato della democrazia diretta della Svizzera

Even a broken clock is right two times a day.

I do not like the AFD for obvious reasons. However, I do agree with them on this, but for different reasons.

I know why I like Swiss direct democracy. They don’t want to do it for the same reasons. An undereducated populous is easier to control. Which at the moment Germany kind of is.

Using the Brexit vote as an example is exactly the opposite of what direct democracy achieves. Most Brits now regret Brexit, and it had nothing to do with the referendum itself, but more that people were unhappy.

There was a thread on here a few days ago why direct democracy works in Switzerland. It’s because we don’t use votes to punish the government or parties. We actually think through the consequences of the actions of something.

And unlike in other countries, when a referendum asks you something, it isn’t exaggerated. Many studies show that what people believe politicians will do is not what they are saying they will do. They usually believe it’s less extreme than what the Politicians are saying. Which makes sense. However, we have less of that in Switzerland since if you are asked, “Do you want to leave Schengen?”, there is no room for interpretation. Its no they won’t do that. No. It’s a binary choice you make.

Any country that starts direct democracy will struggle with this in the beginning, since people have trained themselves to discount the levels of extreme of Politics. Therefor, something like “Do we leave the EU?” would likely more easily pass.

Link to the thread:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/1isn260/how_did_swiss_learn_to_prioritize_longterm/](https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/1isn260/how_did_swiss_learn_to_prioritize_longterm/)