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of course its not run by aliens from some sort of death star. stop being ridiculous. i never even implied that. but the whole circus in Brussel is a huge black

of course its not run by aliens from some sort of death star. stop being ridiculous. i never even implied that. but the whole circus in Brussel is a huge black box bureacracy run by politicians that no one really knows. the politicans that are sent there by local parties are usually not very well known by the local populace, and even if, their doings are not really of influence on how poeple view their local parties. heck I bet 95% of voters cannot even name 5 eu politicians in the parlament and to which local party they belong to. and thats the power. the citizens are busy with national politics and in the meanwhile the death star aliens can do whatever they want. and yes. its not an unsolvable problem. people could educate themselves. all the info is there. but its a very laborous job. so maybe the media is just doing it wrong?

dijit 5y ago
> and yes. its not an unsolvable problem. people could educate themselves. all the info is there. but its a very laborous job. so maybe the media is just doing it wrong? EU Parliament is by-in-large more transparent and direct than the UK one (not sure where you're from, but I'm from the UK so that's the lens I have). But you're absolutely right, for some reason the EU "feels" quite closed off, and it's almost entirely the medias fault. Media is driven on eyes, and the further away a thing is the more difficult it is to have eyes on it. It takes huge issues to get international attention, natural disasters that kill hundreds in another EU country are barely mentioned on british media. It's also very boring, so it's not surprising. But, it's actually very easy to read the EU parliamentary, commission documents, and the documentation on how all the processes work is quite clear (even if it's a bit alien on first look because you're taught your own system and have to "unlearn" that a bit first). I'd give it a go, it's not as intimidating as it first appears. But I fully agree that the media should do this, it's literally their job.
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dijit 5y ago

> and yes. its not an unsolvable problem. people could educate themselves. all the info is there. but its a very laborous job. so maybe the media is just doing it wrong? EU Parliament is by-in-large more transparent and direct than the UK one (not sure where you're from, but I'm from the UK so that's the lens I have). But you're absolutely right, for some reason the EU "feels" quite closed off, and it's almost entirely the medias fault. Media is driven on eyes, and the further away a thing is the more difficult it is to have eyes on it. It takes huge issues to get international attention, natural disasters that kill hundreds in another EU country are barely mentioned on british media. It's also very boring, so it's not surprising. But, it's actually very easy to read the EU parliamentary, commission documents, and the documentation on how all the processes work is quite clear (even if it's a bit alien on first look because you're taught your own system and have to "unlearn" that a bit first). I'd give it a go, it's not as intimidating as it first appears. But I fully agree that the media should do this, it's literally their job.

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