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the trouble with referendums is that
a)its a very complicated and bureaucratically heavy way to run any country (its a nightmare to get anything done)
b)most of the people who vote have very little of the actual facts, and much less then the government (given that the public does not know everything)
democracy through popular mandate is the preferable way to referendums as a rule, because the people elected actually have to think about more then what the average person sees in the papers
you'd be amazed just how stupid and emotionally driven mob opinion can get at time, especially since people tend not to look more then two days ahead about anything
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