Nearly 55% of voters in Switzerland on Sunday rejected an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at 10 million, early results showed.

The populist Swiss People’s Party, which has the most seats in parliament, has stirred up and fostered anti-migration sentiment over the years, notably about an influx of workers from the neighboring European Union.

Some have dubbed the proposal a “Swiss Brexit” because it could jeopardize Switzerland’s deep ties to the European Union anchored by deals that foster economic growth, cultural ties and cross-border travel, among other things. Switzerland is not one of the EU’s 27 member states, but it is all but surrounded by four of them

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    22 hours ago

    Much better idea: kill the richest person and distribute their wealth evenly amongst the rest of the population, public infrastructure, and social programs

    Repeat until there’s no billionaires, no poverty, and nobody has to go without anything essential for living in a modern society.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s Switzerland. You could close your eyes and shoot the bullet blindly, you would probably hit a billionaire.

      Out of all the countries in the world that shouldn’t be implementing population caps, it’s Switzerland. The in our economy is based on people and corporations moving there.