Posted by Gary
on 16/2/2012, 21:16:36, in reply to "Re: Possible Constitutional Dispute brewing in Liechtenstein "
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: Presumably Johan defends the right of the
: German people to "decide for
: themselves" in the referenda of 1933,
: 1934, 1936, and 1938 (all of which referenda
: gave overwhelming support to the Nazi
: proposals).
:
: The will of "the people" can be
: manipulated in a referendum. And sometimes
: the will of the people is just plain wrong!
Very true and that is why, in my opinion, referenda should be held only very rarely and only for very great matters of state. It might even by wise to have supermajority requirement to pass a proposal. Nonetheless, I fall on the side that while the people may be fallible, one man selected by birth should not have an absolute veto over the democratically expressed will of the people.