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by scotty79 203 days ago
> Shamanistic medicine doesn't work.

It worked enough for people to be using it.

> Switzerland has the highest functioning democracy on the planet.

Somehow I think being completely secure in last two world wars contributes to the success of their high functioning democracy. Also, I thought we were talking about elections not democracy.

Democracy can work perfectly well even if the elections select completely random party to rule if all parties are good enough.