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/lit/ what are good books on direct democracy and other political systems approximating real democracy?

How are things going in Switzerland and are there any good books on their experiment?

What are the definitive books on the Athenian system?

What are your thoughts on it all

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>>6819628
Here's a good one

>> No.6819837

>>6819628
Democracy as a whole is a cancerous system.

>> No.6820283

Bump before work

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>> No.6821651

>>6819628
Why is democracy the least sexy regime?

>> No.6821660

>>6821651
Populist trash

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start with the greeks

>> No.6821684

>>6821660
Populism applies to all reactionary regimes, too.

>> No.6821719

>>6821684
Fuck off.
Right wing reactionism is the intellectuals choice, can't help that there are a decent amount of us intellectuals.

>> No.6821738

>>6821719
I was thinking more of communism, but you seem to have taken offense and so I say to you: "if the shoe fits".

>> No.6821748

>>6821667
Sure, anon, I will. What are some books on the ancient greek version of democracy

>> No.6821775

>>6821738
I'm right, you're wrong.

>> No.6821852

Haha. It must be day in the ole Amerika

Anyway I love you guys, so how about this?
Books about direct democracy?
Discussion about direct democracy?

Isn't it such a nice and fresh idea y'all?! How about one has to earn the right to vote through some interesting process like fighting the bug horde on Klendathu?

>> No.6821858

>>6821852
Direct democracy will be the default system when we finally become an hivemind.

Discuss.

>> No.6821953

Damn it all to hell I am bringing this party over to /pol/, you guys got nothin' so far.

>> No.6821990

Hehe how does one even phrase OP's for /pol/

>> No.6821999

>>6821990
>how does one even phrase OP's for /pol/

Something like

'cucks niggere ngger THE JEWS athenians are whiter than swiss democracy is NIGJEWS???'

>> No.6822048

>>6821999
Fucking kek :D

I went with this
>direct democracy is the only jew kryptonite
>red pill me direct democrazy
>what about Switzerland

However in retrospect it's obvious I should have left out "the", "me", and Switzerland should probably have been Swizladn

>> No.6822898

>>6822048
Got me absolutely nothing, what was I even thinking. Well it's all on you, /lit/, it was always you.

>> No.6823628

>>6819837
>>6821719
All you facists just want someone stern to put you in your place, cause you're dirty little boys and girls!

>> No.6825883

swiss guy here.
Direct democracy is pure ideology. see this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_minaret_referendum,_2009

>> No.6825885

>>6819628
>>>/pol/

/thread

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