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The recent thread on 'democracy' got me thinking to what would be the biggest changes in the UK if EVERYTHING was taken to referendum.
So, I reckon the below are the six biggest policy changes if EVERYTHING was left strictly to the public to decide (in short it would be a disaster)...
1) Capital punishment would be back within about 5 minutes.
2) Benefits would be stopped altogether. The social state would cease to exist. If people didn't work or get themselves money in some way, they'd starve to death. Things like job-clubs (that cost the taxpayer money) would be scrapped.
3) There would be many 'super-prisons' built and punishments would be massively increased (four-fold at least). Corporal punishment (Public flogging etc) would be restored. Thieves would have their fingers cut off. Back to the middle ages on crime+punishment basically.
4) Immigration rules would be tightened up to mental levels
5) Bankers (or whoever were the 'baddies' of the day, normally changes about every 8 years) would be stripped of their jobs, homes, assets, and most likely spend a long time in jail - even if they had not broken any laws.
6) We'd withdraw wholly and utterley from the EU
So - what do you reckon would change if we had *perfect* democracy .. everything was decided by the masses ...? Think it would be a disaster, not to bad, or even BETTER than we currently have?
lolbritboy. In first. 'Britboy banned from this forum by referendum'. In first.
So, I reckon the below are the six biggest policy changes if EVERYTHING was left strictly to the public to decide (in short it would be a disaster)...
1) Capital punishment would be back within about 5 minutes.
2) Benefits would be stopped altogether. The social state would cease to exist. If people didn't work or get themselves money in some way, they'd starve to death. Things like job-clubs (that cost the taxpayer money) would be scrapped.
3) There would be many 'super-prisons' built and punishments would be massively increased (four-fold at least). Corporal punishment (Public flogging etc) would be restored. Thieves would have their fingers cut off. Back to the middle ages on crime+punishment basically.
4) Immigration rules would be tightened up to mental levels
5) Bankers (or whoever were the 'baddies' of the day, normally changes about every 8 years) would be stripped of their jobs, homes, assets, and most likely spend a long time in jail - even if they had not broken any laws.
6) We'd withdraw wholly and utterley from the EU
So - what do you reckon would change if we had *perfect* democracy .. everything was decided by the masses ...? Think it would be a disaster, not to bad, or even BETTER than we currently have?
lolbritboy. In first. 'Britboy banned from this forum by referendum'. In first.
