The issue with referendums.
With brexit being the most recent example, the idea of referendums is again a topic of dispute in private conversations and media alike.
Referendums are definitly an effective way of giving more power to the voters of a given country by offering them a chance to directly influence their nations direction via a voting system. This kind of system could allow a country to crowdscource decisions based on the general opinion on a given problem. It could reduce the amount of corruption by limiting the power of the government and giving said power the the inhabitants.
The problems with this however is, that the average citizen is unable to grasp the ramification of macro politics. Said people also have a tendency of being easily manipulated by politicians and media alike. The backlash of the Brexit votum underlines this. Many of the voters could not be asked to think for themselves and instead succumbed to empty promises of a stronger britian.
While a referendum offers a meaningful and noticable way for the general public of a country to participate in modern politics, it has to be noted that this power will most probably lead to disasterous outcomes when given to the average person, especialy on topics like immigration.
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