Direct democracy a la Switzerland where issues are put up for vote for the entire population?
Although for direct democracy to be effective you would need a highly educated and politically engaged population
Although for direct democracy to be effective you would need a highly educated and politically engaged population
Maybe some Swiss can clarify why their population is so anti-vax, as it boggles my mind.
My point is not to say that such a direct democratic system wouldn't be effective, I'm just saying that correlation != causation, as in the case of Switzerland, I attribute its success as a country more to it being a neutral banking heaven for the world elite for decades and being in a very fortunate geo-political location that was spared the destruction of war which helped it attract tons of foreign talent and capital, rather than to its direct democratic system and domestic educated population. I could also be wrong of course.
[1] https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-m...
[2] https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-m...
Portugal is almost 100% vaccinated, Switzerland is at 64% which puts it closer to the former comunist EU members like Slovakia.
That's a massive difference, and to me, says something about the country's population/society.
In any case not getting the vaccine doesn't make someone uneducated. Switzerland has some of the best schools and universities in the world. In 2018, 44% of 25-64 year-olds had completed a tertiary qualification in Switzerland, compared to 39% on average across OECD countries. [1]
[1] https://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance/EAG2019...
Which misinformation did I spread?
>Switzerland is 63.7% vaccinated.
Which I said I find it to be very low in comparison to countries like Spain and Portugal where the rate is nearly 100% so having only 64% points to a large number of anti-vaxers similar to Eastern Europe.
>In any case not getting the vaccine doesn't make someone uneducated.
No? Then what does it make the other 36% who refuse to get vaccinated? En-masse refusal of a potentially life saving vaccine that will help end the pandemic doesn't really scream intelligence and education, does it?
you are also making assumptions that those who aren't yet vaccinated are anti-vax, which again isn't always the case they may have their own reasons for delaying or perhaps are perfectly fine with vaccines in general but distrust this particular one for whatever reason.
A person can be educated person can still be an unreasonable one.
So what does the swiss population know that the scientific and medical communities don't?