pavle on Nostr: Direct democracy has existed in Switzerland for a long while, it's an extremely inert ...

Direct democracy has existed in Switzerland for a long while, it's an extremely inert system, they gave women voting rights only in 1975 because for a long time most men didn't think women deserved it, it would probably happen even later were it not for the outside pressure (they were the last country in Europe to give women voting rights).

It worked out for Switzerland as they have long been rich and developed, in poor and undeveloped countries direct democracy would probably lead to some sort of a religious and regressive system as you can't have a reformer that overrides the will of the majority and implements progressive policies.