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hm well, that goes a bit out of topic here. As much as I truly hate to see what the commission is doing, it's naive to think that individual countries are just
by WinstonSmith84 3y ago
hm well, that goes a bit out of topic here. As much as I truly hate to see what the commission is doing, it's naive to think that individual countries are just wishing something better for their people. In fact, this legislation may have been promoted by some EU countries. The chance of the EU is that it's big enough that 500m people care about it, and that's how such things come to light. If it were a random small EU country going full speed to 1984, the chance is much higher that such a legislation would be approved. And then the next country.. all slowly falling like domino
- colpabar 3y agoIt seems like it’d be better if one country could go down that path alone, just so the rest of us could point to it as a reminder of why we shouldn’t do the things that it did. The EU makes it so it has to happen to everyone at once.
- creer 3y agoYou mean like the UK? The US? India? There are plenty of things that can be pointed out. And few people who will believe it's relevant (that's not just a US thing) and many people who find it a justification for their own obsession ("they are doing it, and so should we.")
- creer 3y agoYes, many not-really in sync countries are a great protection there. And still not effective enough probably. In part there is a lot of group-think overall - which even separate countries have a hard time fighting, when they even notice it or have a will to fight it. For another problem, there are two countries with disproportionate population and economics weight - they cannot outright dictate with impunity but they are in a position to make everyone else negotiate and mostly agree with them.