> Switzerland is one of the oldest political regimes in Europe.
The age of their regime has nothing to do with their history of practicing direct democracy, that happened well after the founding of the US.
> This kind of rhetoric tends to come from elitist thinkers that would want a guarantee of power over people because they think they are right and somehow destined to have it.
On the contrary, I'm just defending the wisdom of the existing constitutional republic framework that we have currently. There's obvious value in constitutional safeguards against the whims of the mob, while still giving the citizenry a say in the long-term direction of the state.
