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> Free from a superpower where you only get one vote every 5 years and the rest is managed by administrations outside of democratic rule. As opposed to the UK'
by Nullabillity 3y ago
> Free from a superpower where you only get one vote every 5 years and the rest is managed by administrations outside of democratic rule.
As opposed to the UK's... one vote every 5 years?
- eastbound 3y ago1 vote every 5 years for a town is acceptable. It’s only 3000 decisions. And you can have an impact on your city through other means. 1 vote every 5 years for a country barely is; 1 vote for a continent is nothing. We have absolutely no control on what happens in Brussels. It’s basically an autocracy with occasional buy-in from citizen. Even when we vote “no” when asked, we stay in Europe. And even though France was asked in 2005, and said no, they stayed in Europe. The same risked to happen in UK when they said no in 2015, politicians didn’t want to implement, so the people had to vote out TWO governments until they actually implemented the brexit. Politicians will ask us again in France or elsewhere once there is an overwhelming majority of yes. That’s why they don’t ask currently.