“Pure democracy by its nature devolves into dictatorship of the majority.”Which ...

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“Pure democracy by its nature devolves into dictatorship of the majority.”

Which majority? Living in Switzerland I can tell you : it precisely works because the majority changes on each vote. When we vote on taxes on cars, subsidies to farmers, kindergardens or buying aeroplanes, the majority is not the same people.

With 4 parties sharing the government, there is no way to make any law pass the referendum unless you really understand direct democracy works by compromise and agreement.

Or in other words it works by respecting the minorities, because we all belong to several.