Disreli and Gladstone

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“What are the main arguments against the use of referendums?” Some people may suggest that referendums can be classified as the best form of democracy. However one suggestion about referendums was expressed by Plato the Greek philosopher. He opposes to direct democracy because he believed it will subvert people to disrespect their own decisions in which they make themselves. Plato believed the “people” were too ignorant to rule themselves well, as people would just continuously repeal the same laws that wouldn’t be suitable to them anymore. Therefore the excess use of referendums will lead to a development of insolence for our elected representatives and institutions. Furthermore there may be issues that may be too complex for the majority of the population to make a
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conclusion on. This is because the majority of the population wouldn’t be as educated and expertise such as our representatives who have the qualifications and the history knowledge about politics. This can be highly dangerous as the population would panic and be dependent on the influence of biased sources of information from the media and etc. therefore decisions would be wrongly made as judgements are declared without considering the significant details behind the issue. Consequently many would agree that issues should be handed to the representative government to create justified decisions on behalf of their professionalism. Everyone possesses their own ...

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