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>they gather everyday in the parlaments with their shady double income, their wrongdoings and promises broken every day You can add Ursula v.d.L. to that list.
by ChuckNorris89 5y ago
>they gather everyday in the parlaments with their shady double income, their wrongdoings and promises broken every day
You can add Ursula v.d.L. to that list.
I lost faith in all EU governments to do anything for the people.
- OtomotO 5y agoUltimate power corrupts ultimately... okay, there are always exceptions to that rule, like e.g. Emperor Marcus Aurelius
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoAnyone remember when democracy actually meant that the representatives of the people were chosen among the ordinary people themselves? While now we elect members of the elite to act as our representatives and we're shocked when we find out they actually represent the elite, instead of us, and are entangled in very complex and shady forms of corruption, bribery, tax evasion, insider trading and cronyism? Who could have expected that? /s It's like sheep electing flock leaders among a pack of wolves. When will we stop doing that?
- juanani 5y ago
- cpach 5y agoWhat did von der Leyen do?
- insta_anon 5y agoJust google "von der Leyen McKinsey"
- sva_ 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#%22Consultants_affair%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#%22Consul... Just the tip of the iceberg And what made her unpopular initially: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#Blocking_internet_child_pornography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen#Blocking_... > [...] creating the necessary infrastructure for extensive censorship of websites deemed illegal by the BKA.
- rad_gruchalski 5y ago> … advocated the initiation of a mandatory blockage of child pornography on the Internet through service providers via a block list maintained by the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA), thus creating the necessary infrastructure for extensive censorship of websites deemed illegal by the BKA. For full context.