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throwawayay02 | 4 years ago

No? It seems a recipe for a perfect government. Whenever X% of the population wants that much to throw down the government, that's probably a good time for a remodel.

Might not be as effective as a dictatorship or a oligarchy, sure, must a much better government to live under.

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NikolaNovak|4 years ago

I mean, that's what elections and votes of no confidence are about. And we just HAD a fully democratic election, less than 6 months ago - which is as fresh at it gets in Canadian terms.

This is not necessarily the case where majority of population desire a federal government change, or even disagree with public health policies.

Just because these guys really Really REALLY want to "Fuck Trudeau", does not make it overall representative. And see my other post - majority of public health policy in Canada is at provincial level, including lockdowns, masks, and majority of other restrictions. Ontario & Alberta are under conservative governments. But some people just want to see things burn and will empathize with anything that goes in that direction :)

salamandersauce|4 years ago

How much of the population do you think is actively involved in the protests right now? We should bow down and throw away our government for 1% of angry people? 0.01%? This just sounds like a recipe for chaos. A middle school could topple the government by standing on Ambassador bridge just because they don't like today's lunch menu.

AlexandrB|4 years ago

It's not even a majority % of Canadian truckers in Ottawa. Let alone the population of Canada. This seems like a great way to establish a tyranny.

> Might not be as effective as a dictatorship or a oligarchy, sure, must a much better government to live under.

Oh, I see. That's what you're advocating for.

Wolfenstein98k|4 years ago

This would be ridiculous quickly. Imagine the protestors getting Trump to go to re-election within a week of the 2016 election.

Say Hillary won.

How long would it take the anti-Hillary side to shut things down long enough to get another election?

In a polarised partisan climate, you'd have weekly elections.

ben_w|4 years ago

For what value of X?

rini17|4 years ago

X is how much? 0.1%?