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[โ€“] Babalugats@feddit.uk 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to remove the middleman. Voting for corrupt assholes to make decisions that fatten their wallets while pretending to give a shit about everybody else, is fucking INSANE. Think about applying that system to everything else in your life, and watch how it wouldn't work. EPP getting fat off these new laws and regulations that they are passing through for the people, and all in the name of safety for the childer... ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Representative democracy is one thing worth arguing over. Who they represent is another.

[โ€“] Babalugats@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At this stage we know who they all represent. In a three horse race between us, U.S. Big Tech and themselves, there are two winners, and one of them isn't us.

There's a much better conversation to be had about governing ourselves, and the sooner the better.

[โ€“] Tweak@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sack all the politicians, they seem to inherently fail at their job: representing the people that voted for them. Instead, we should vote directly ourselves on anything an MP/MEP would vote on.