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Review title: Dangerous Initiative?
Product review: Broder presents the origins and history of Initiative and lays out many negative aspects pertaining to its modern practice, based on his own perceptions and conclusions. He apparently does not see any good aspects, now or in the future. A dim view indeed, as if it were not possible to improve the process at all.The most galling point taken by this reviewer is that Broder does not acknowledge that the people are sovereign and have the right to legislate directly, even if they do not always have the means or process in place to do so.This type of one-sided presentation could serve as a catalog of wrongs to be fixed and might be useful in that respect. However, the shortcomings of the Initiative process have already been addressed in the Direct Democracy Initiative proposal by former Senator Mike Gravel and the Philadelphia II organization. Broder mentions this effort but dismisses it based, apparently, on his foregone conclusion that Initiative is dangerous at all levels.
