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The EU is nothing like China. China is basically a dictatorship, run by a single party, with a single guy on top who can make far reaching decisions. The EU is
by sigmoid10 3y ago
The EU is nothing like China. China is basically a dictatorship, run by a single party, with a single guy on top who can make far reaching decisions. The EU is a huge collection of institutions and political parties. Even if they agree on something in the parliament and the commission, they still need all the heads
of government - from every single member country - to agree before it becomes law. And even if they manage to do that, political activists can and have brought down laws using the European court of justice. These spy laws under the guise of protecting children from sexual abuse from zealot parties have come and gone for many years now, but functioning democracies like the EU have never seen them come to fruition.
- nonethewiser 3y agoThe key difference is the EU doesnt have as much enforcement ability because they are not a dictatorship and the people they are governing have higher expectations. None of which is really a credit to the EU.
- sigmoid10 3y agoThe point was that these ideas are neither new nor rare. They constantly pop up everywhere. But only a functioning democracy can keep them at bay. Like it or not, it is the only thing that can protect you from mad/powerhungry people's ideas.
- hcfman 3y agoYes, and that’s sad because we are absolutely not a “functioning” democracy.