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How is a majority vote (of both states and represented population) and a parliamentary vote undemocratic?
by philippgerard 9mo ago
How is a majority vote (of both states and represented population) and a parliamentary vote undemocratic?
- blell 9mo agoHow is someone from across the continent voting to destroy your agricultural sector democratic?
- pjc50 9mo agoIsn't this a question the US faces every day by having California and Iowa in the same union?
- blell 9mo agoYes? Isn’t this a source of discontent in the US?
- ben_w 9mo agoYou appear to be asserting that California and Iowa disagreeing about stuff is sufficient by itself to say the US is engaged in undemocratic behaviour. Was that your intention?
- wang_li 9mo agoYes, which is why we have two houses in the legislature and there are limits on the number of seats in the house and electoral college votes. No polity should be able to procreate their way to political dominance over a peer polity nor should they be able to incentivize law breaking for the same purpose. And more on point to the subject, imports should be tariffed so that there are not wage benefits to importing products from overseas. It's major bullshit for a country to say "you must have all these employment standards, safety, wage, retirement, health, holidays, etc." for any business in their area and then go and buy competing goods from outside their area with completely different labor standards.
- hermanzegerman 9mo agoBecause the french agreed to those terms when they entered the European Union, that they would negotiate their trade deals together, and a qualified majority is sufficient to make these deals. They're also free to leave at any time. "Destroying the agricultural sector" is stupid hyperbole, especially given the small quotas in sensitive parts of the agricultural sector.
- Balinares 9mo agoExact same way someone from across the street voting in a way you disagree with is democratic. Nice try appealing to xenophobia though.