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by IdontRememberIt 1578 days ago
On the contrary. If you cannot trust the people being informed properly in an efficient political system, it means that you have an issue somewhere.

Not trusting the people because we think that most are too dumb means that we praise a census suffrage or indirect form of it.

I am Swiss. I am often disappointed by vote results. The system is not perfect. But at least we decided.