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> the result is a bunch of dodgy appointments in exchange for political favours. The whole process reeks of corruption how elections can fix that? suppose pol
by peoplefromibiza 3y ago
> the result is a bunch of dodgy appointments in exchange for political favours. The whole process reeks of corruption
how elections can fix that?
suppose politicians are chosen directly by the people, a corruptor could simply pay the people who decides the single candidates for each electoral college or could buy the votes directly. it has happened before and it's also way cheaper and easier than getting an appointment in some room godfather style.
> For example, the EU Commission is responsible for coming up with all new EU Directives, setting budgets and representing the EU internationally
that's the norm everywhere. technicians make the rules, the Parliament job is to discuss and ratify them.
In Italy laws are not written by the Parliament, but there are so called "commissions" that work on budget, directives, proposals etc
it's always been like that since we invented modern democracies.
- cbeach 3y ago> a corruptor could simply pay the people who decides the single candidates for each electoral college or could buy the votes directly Corruption is hard to conceal if your strategy is to literally approach a majority of the electorate and try to bribe them directly! > that's the norm everywhere. technicians make the rules, the Parliament job is to discuss and ratify them. In that case, the question is: is the EU Commission staffed with good technicians? My field is computer science and I can assure you the EU's digital laws are egregiously incompetant.