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| I think the first difficulty of that sort of solution lies in defining the conditions at which a referendum must be held, and also a framework which prevents circumventing the outcome of the referendum. But perhaps a larger problem is that we're overestimating the capacity for people to vote on actual issues. The same influence is present that allows these neo-liberal governments to be instated and function. The same information is missing that prevents them from being toppled. Having said that, in extreme cases such as the Greek situation or the NHS sell-off, I suppose a referendum would matter and there is little that influence can do about the negative opinion in the short term. Longer term, I'm not so sure. A year long PR campaign can sway some minds, I think. The unfair battle of information makes a referendum just as corruptible as a parliament. Things have to get really really sticky before people turn off their tvs.
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