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But your own government answers to you. That’s what the Magna Carta was about. Also the US revolution.
by jtbayly 8y ago
But your own government answers to you.
That’s what the Magna Carta was about. Also the US revolution.
- gjm11 8y agoSo does the EU. MEPs are elected just as democratically as MPs (in the UK), Representatives/Senators (in the US), etc. Magna Carta was about the balance of power between the king and the barons; commoners' interests come into it only incidentally. The American Revolution is a slightly better case, but note that its "No taxation without representation!" battle-cry wouldn't be any sort of case against the EU because (1) everyone in EU countries does have respresentation, and (2) while for some countries EU membership is a net cost (at least if you ignore the benefits of free trade, free movement, etc.) that cost is a tiny fraction of those countries' total revenue base; e.g., the UK's net contribution is about £8B/year, which is a little over 1% of total UK taxes.
- jtbayly 8y agoPrecisely. The balance of power is crazy.