funny i was about to write, i'd be willing to bet that they manage to get this through one way or another. i would like to quote myself at this point on anothe

funny i was about to write, i'd be willing to bet that they manage to get this through one way or another. i would like to quote myself at this point on another issue: "you have to applaud the germans for their efforts though. after all they were able to temporarily halt the data retention efforts. i say temporary, because ..." [1] for every member of the eu parliament representing your country there's four lobbyists[2]. but ultimately it was clear that this would pass in one form or another. sometimes because of money, sometimes because targeted disinformation. the same has been going on in other areas such as eurobonds, or the european stabilization efforts, where now the eu can request funds from the bundesbank, and doesn't even have to justify it anymore. the concept is always following the same pattern: 1. outrage the public with some weird request. argue that it's a necessary evil for the stability and freedom in the euro zone 2. pass the same request in a slightly lightened form. try to keep the request out of the publics eye as long as possible. as an older example ACTA was leaked, and required consorted efforts, but the effort to bring this one down, was way too late and way too little 3. adjust the passed law over time to be closer to the original request. 4. distract public with outrage over slaughtered giraffe. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7169968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7169968 [2] http://aei.pitt.edu/31864/1/No_242_Rasmussen_on_EP_Lobbying_final.pdf http://aei.pitt.edu/31864/1/No_242_Rasmussen_on_EP_Lobbying_...