[alexasmyths]

" you're frankly talking out of your ass to put it politely "

Well I'm from Canada, and we rank HIGHER than Switzerland with 'full time politicians' - as do 100% of the nations that rank higher than Switzerland - as 'proven' by the very data you provided!

So to 'be polite' - maybe you're 'talking out your ass' x2 by providing research that repudiates your own logic, and while taking smack to others on a thread?

Consider 'reading your own research' and 'not calling others names'?

[igravious]

The research I provided invalidates your claim, not mine. You asserted that Switzerland has a crappy democracy, I pointed out that independent analysis shows that it has one of the best democracies in the world. Therefore your assertion that they need to have full time politicians is bogus. And you know it is given your defensive tone. That there are a small number of marginally better democracies according to the source I gave is _irrelevant_ as is the composition of those democracies with respect to Switzerland. It's your logic that's faulty, not mine.

I _did_ read that research, and I read others. It is _well known_ that Switzerland has one of the world's best and robust democracies. Given how other countries regularly copy[0] what Switzerland does should be a bit of a clue. Look, I have no idea why you would make such a bogus claim, but it is just that, bogus.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiativ... “The initiative was inspired by Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU. The country has several tools of direct democracy such as the federal popular initiative (since 1848) and the optional referendum (since 1874).