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I don't understand how it's "progress" to move decisions from a small number of bureaucracies to a single, less accountable bureaucracy.
by jkingsbery 10y ago
I don't understand how it's "progress" to move decisions from a small number of bureaucracies to a single, less accountable bureaucracy.
- programmarchy 10y agoOh but the neoliberal corporatist elite have our best interests at heart, you see.
- esturk 10y agoBecause no where does it imply progress. 'Victory' could very well mean maintaining the status quo.
- heinrichhartman 10y agoThe same argument could be made against the US federal government. Two points: (A) unified legislation is tremendoulsy important for trade/business (B) larger associations have far more influence than small ones.
- hx87 10y agoIt's "progress" when the larger bureaucracy is harder to regulatorily capture, if only because in larger jurisdictions there are more competitors.
- smsm42 10y ago> larger bureaucracy is harder to regulatorily capture The example of US federal government does not exactly support this point.
- hx87 10y agoIt does when you compare it to state and municipal governments.
- smsm42 10y agoI don't see any indication federal government is more resistant to regulatory capture than state government. It may be more expensive, but the numbers are still don't even breach 1% of potential profits, and capturing one federal regulator is much better and easier than capturing fifty+ state ones or ten thousand local ones...
- DasIch 10y agoThe EU is accountable, democratic and transparent (more transparent than some countries, like Germany, within the EU anyway).