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Ah, yes, the "beauty" of unaccountable government action.

• throwaway2048 6y ago
  Ill take it over unaccountable private action, at least there is a chance of influencing government policy. Good luck influencing Google or Facebook's policy.
• sudosysgen 6y ago
  The thing is that they're not actually unaccountable. You vote for them.
  • AlphaSite 6y ago
    You only indirectly vote for the,
    • oblio 6y ago
      > indirectly vote That's how representative democracy works, and it's the kind of democracy 95% of the world uses.
      • AlphaSite 6y ago
        I think it’s more that there are more layers of indirection than are typical for a democratic system.
• cataphract 6y ago
  Hardly. EU legislation generally needs a majority from the EU parliament (directly elected) and a qualified majority from the Council.