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You don't seem to understand what "dictatorship" actually means.

by cbg0 11mo ago

paganel 11mo ago
I think I do, as in I'm pretty sure I've never ever voted for this European Commission thing, neither has any other EU citizen that I know of, and yet they're running the whole show here in Europe. If if walks and quacks like a duck it most certainly is a duck. Granted, they don't have North Korea's interesting military parades, I'll give them that. Later edit: I think you might me on the wrong understanding path by the so-called "democratic deficit" expression that is often-times used when referring to decision-making inside the EU (and hence to the European Commission, its executive arm), I think "dictatorship" does a much better job of telling things for what they really are.
- cbg0 11mo ago
  You've voted for the people who elect the European Commission, though I'm sure you know that, just conveniently decided to leave it out, you're a known troll on Reddit too.
  - nuffisnuff9 11mo ago
    EU elections are notoriously anti democratic Candidates are not elected by voters but positioned. Once people have cast their vote, members of the comission are not automatically determined but negotiated across political families, and the bureaucracy. Time to tear down this ridiculous administrative, bureaucratic, corporative and very expensive leviathan.
  - reliabilityguy 11mo ago
    The ability of citizens to vote doesn’t make the country not a dictatorship. There are many examples here, e.g., Russia, multiple middle eastern countries, etc.
    - cbg0 11mo ago
      Are you trying to argue that elections aren't free and fair in EU countries? Or are we splitting hairs?
      - reliabilityguy 11mo ago
        Your claim (as I understood it) is that if an elected person elected someone else (to be the rule), then there is not dictatorship in place. In my opinion, elections are not the only condition to have a functional democracy. So, having elections is not enough.
  - zrn900 11mo ago
    > You've voted for the people who elect the European Commission And they 'magically' approved a short list of US-lobby-backed unelected personas for leadership positions, who are pushing everything ranging from the chat control law to this privacy-killing 'deregulation', while ruining Eu's trade relationships with everyone from China to Africa to boot.

You don't seem to understand what "dictatorship" actually means.

by cbg0 11mo ago

You don't seem to understand what "dictatorship" actually means.

I think I do, as in I'm pretty sure I've never ever voted for this European Commission thing, neither has any other EU citizen that I know of, and yet they're running the whole show here in Europe. If if walks and quacks like a duck it most certainly is a duck. Granted, they don't have North Korea's interesting military parades, I'll give them that. Later edit: I think you might me on the wrong understanding path by the so-called "democratic deficit" expression that is often-times used when referring to decision-making inside the EU (and hence to the European Commission, its executive arm), I think "dictatorship" does a much better job of telling things for what they really are.

cbg0 11mo ago
You've voted for the people who elect the European Commission, though I'm sure you know that, just conveniently decided to leave it out, you're a known troll on Reddit too.
- nuffisnuff9 11mo ago
  EU elections are notoriously anti democratic Candidates are not elected by voters but positioned. Once people have cast their vote, members of the comission are not automatically determined but negotiated across political families, and the bureaucracy. Time to tear down this ridiculous administrative, bureaucratic, corporative and very expensive leviathan.
- reliabilityguy 11mo ago
  The ability of citizens to vote doesn’t make the country not a dictatorship. There are many examples here, e.g., Russia, multiple middle eastern countries, etc.
  - cbg0 11mo ago
    Are you trying to argue that elections aren't free and fair in EU countries? Or are we splitting hairs?
    - reliabilityguy 11mo ago
      Your claim (as I understood it) is that if an elected person elected someone else (to be the rule), then there is not dictatorship in place. In my opinion, elections are not the only condition to have a functional democracy. So, having elections is not enough.
- zrn900 11mo ago
  > You've voted for the people who elect the European Commission And they 'magically' approved a short list of US-lobby-backed unelected personas for leadership positions, who are pushing everything ranging from the chat control law to this privacy-killing 'deregulation', while ruining Eu's trade relationships with everyone from China to Africa to boot.