Discussion Thread for the popular vote on 15 May 2022

7 comments

1. For me that‘ll be a Yes, Yes and Yes

2. Film act: yes, if only because it’s fair to harmonise with the local services that already have to invest the 4%. Not very convinced by the 30% rule since it’s just about the catalogue and not actively showing things like for TV/radio, but I doubt it’s going to restrain the offer in any way. If they ever get below 30%, I’m sure you can find some obscure 90’s Swedish polar for next to nothing to pad the catalogue.
   The “there is no way price will increase” is not very convincing though.

   Transplantation act: yes. The whole thing seems well thought out with good defaults. If you feel so strongly about it, but haven’t opt out and your family does not know about it, do you really feel strongly about it?

   Frontex: yes. Not much of a choice to be honest, a no means leaving Schengen (which the no side does not mention at all quite surprisingly). Also, if your emigration policy is anything less than we accept absolutely anyone, you need some border guards anyway. Switzerland should try to improve things, especially regarding transparency, but it’s a difficult topic and unpleasantness is to be expected. When your job is to prevent entry to people that might have traveled thousands of kilometres with their family and just the clothes on their back, it won’t end with rainbows and sunshine. That certainly does not mean there should be violence and similar.
   It’s overall not very clear what the no side think border control should look like.

3. Film Act: YES. It’s fair to handle it the same as with radio and TV. “But streaming services might become pricier!” I don’t care. Watching Marvel movies is not a basic necessity.

   Transplantation Act: YES. It’s ethically what I’ve been wanting for years in this country and it’s a fair system that works perfectly in our neighboring countries. Plus you can always opt out and anyone pretending like you would be “forced” to donate anything is highly retarded and not able to read one basic article about it.

   Development of the Schengen Acquis: YES. It’s not clear to me what the No committee would like the border to look like. We need a Yes for the Schengen agreement and generally it seems like No voters are people who would like to abolish all borders in the world, which is a mythical concept.

4. No, no and yes for me.

5. I havent made up my mind on anything but am i understanding correctly that the new film act would essentially ban platforms for foreign content like crunchyroll for anime since there is no 30% european content?

6. No, yes, yes for me

7. No, no, yes.

   Film act: calling it pointless would be an understatement. What a legitimate joke, how the hell did this make it onto a referendum? How vain do you have to be to FORCE companies to make Swiss movies?

   Transplantation act: unethical. A family doesn’t need to be pressured by doctors to give organs. The current system is fine.

   Schengen: yes of course. I’m not actually sure why there is even an opposition to this.