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"The EU" is people I have voted for.
by uxp8u61q 3y ago
"The EU" is people I have voted for.
- jokethrowaway 3y agoThere are way too many layers between you and the decision makers. It's a straight up oligarchy. People don't feel like the governments of their own countries are representing them, let alone ANOTHER super government organisation. Most people don't even know the names of the EU representatives of their countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_legitimacy_of_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_legitimacy_of_the_E... You can see proof of that in the increasingly lower number of people who even bother to vote.
- uxp8u61q 3y agoI'm well aware of the EU's problems. But there's still a measure of democracy. > Most people don't even know the names of the EU representatives of their countries. Most people don't know the names of their government's ministers either.