Response

So here I am, responding to my own post. Can you guys start posting as soon as possible? Thank you.

I think that we are unable to adopt such an extreme form of democracy as Switzerland does. For one, I do not believe that our society is adapted for such a form of government. Singaporeans are generally too used to letting their government decide on all sorts of policy and are probably not even interesting in voting on government policy, even if they are allowed to do so. Thus, the implementation of Switzerland's form of democracy is not possible in Singapore.

Another reason, as I mentioned earlier, would be Singapore's pace of life. Singaporeans' main reason for not taking a more active role in the community would be that they are too busy, and thus cannot really care less about national policies or happenings unless they are personally affected in some way or another. Therefore, they would not take the time out to get involved in such a voting process. No matter how streamlined this process is, it is bound to take up time, time that Singaporeans may not be willing to spend. After all, the present government is still quite efficient and is governing the country well, and thus Singaporeans do not see any need to involve themselves.

Please, the rest of you. Start posting!