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In a democracy, there are elections where the people voice their opinions and then the elected carry out the policies expressed during the vote. If instead we
by ajnin 8y ago
In a democracy, there are elections where the people voice their opinions and then the elected carry out the policies expressed during the vote.
If instead we have a system where everyone has a voice, but in practice only the groups with the resources to invest millions of euros in lobbying can get their positions heard by the EU and made into law, then it is not a democracy. And those groups are not generally in favor of the common citizen.
The balance is well tilted towards those who have the most money. The voice of one citizen weighs much less than the voice of a big corporation which can hire former EU bureaucrats as well-paid lobbyists. Maybe citizens should make a lobbying fund to fight on the public's behalf ?
- syshum 8y ago>>In a democracy, there are elections where the people voice their opinions and then the elected carry out the policies expressed during the vote. That would be a democratically elected representative republic, not a democracy. The EU is not a democracy any more than the US is a democracy, there are democratic elements but it is not a democracy. This is the fundamental lie people tell themselves, that we (either the EU or the US) live in a democracy. We dont. > Maybe citizens should make a lobbying fund to fight on the public's behalf ? here in the US we have many such organizations, they are often demonized as well for being "special interest" and are point to as example of problem with "money in politics"