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| Interesting article from NZZ. It deals with the current global changes and which qualities Switzerland has to react appropriately.
The author emphasizes how central the concept of "freedom" is for this country. It`s kind of funny because many complaints on EF are about the strict rules here.  http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/kultur....12656445.html (in german) | |
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Sorry, but you have to make a difference between
- political freedom
- personal freedom
In regard to POLITICAL freedom, Switzerland is TOP
in regard to PERSONAL freedom, Switzerland is FLOP
- the desire of much of the people to regulate everything
- the love of having a law for everything
- the habit of planting laws into the constitution
"""" clearly reduces personal freedom heavily
- referendums and initiatives and resulting public votes
- the way not just to vote in the city president but to vote in every single minister in a city
- the right to vote about even minor functionaries
- the proportional voting system
*** make the political rights unique