I've heard that Switzerland is a direct democracy rather than a representative democracy. Is this true and in any case how does it operate?
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They tax the shit out of their people. Their Population is having less kids so soon their socalist ways will implode. No one else to take care of the lazy.
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Technicaly we have a mixture of direct democracy and representative demcracy in Switzerland. There is a good summary on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland#Direct_democracy If you would like more detailed information: http://www.ch.ch/private/00093/00094/index.html?lang=en
