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Ugh, yet another bullshit website trying to turn people into single-issue voters on an election that's far more complex and wide-reaching than just who bears th
by lagadu 8y ago
Ugh, yet another bullshit website trying to turn people into single-issue voters on an election that's far more complex and wide-reaching than just who bears the responsibility of content filtering.
Single-issue voting hurts everyone including yourself.
- tinus_hn 8y agoIf they at least turn people into voters they’d have achieved a lot. Most people don’t care about European politics at all, that’s why they get away with ridiculous crap like this article.
- alexandercrohde 8y agoI could not disagree more. Regardless of the article itself, I think this mechanism is the future of citizens taking control of politics. The point is, by a large group of people picking their most important issue, and pledging to be single-issue publicly, it puts REAL and VISIBLE pressure on those politicians to represent them on those issues. Once the issue is fixed, people can move on to the next-most important issue they would like to be represented on.
- Mirioron 8y agoBut article 13 is a single issue thing for me. If article 13 passes then nothing else the EU can do will ever make up for it other than repealing it. Repealing anything in the EU is virtually impossible though. I think the long-term implications of article 13 are bad enough that if it were financially possible for me, I would move out of the EU. A free and open internet is one of the few nice things in life for me.
- mcv 8y agoThere are multiple parties opposing Article 13. You can still let other issues determine that choice. But surely internet freedom is a really big issue on the EU level. I can't think of any other current issue that's so clear cut. Well, Brexit, I suppose, but that's mostly up to the UK.