[marktwain]

Initiatives or referenda were an attempt to bring direct democracy.

Before cheap information and the global reach of activism by billionaires, it might have made some sense.

Now, it is a way for billionaire activists to impose their will on polities across the nation.

They control the narrative with millions of dollars in targeted ads, controlling digital access to information, and the cooperation of the main-stream media.

I have seen it happen several times.

[Susquehanna Patriot]

“They control the narrative with millions of dollars in targeted ads, controlling digital access to information, and the cooperation of the main-stream media.”

Exactly right. I see this now, even outside the ballot initiatives.