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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Lost_dogz 14 Feb \ on: The Rise Of The European Superstate meta
The proposal will never make it through the European Council because, ironically, it can (and most certainly will) be vetoed
I do understand where the desire comes from, with corrupted semi-dictators like Orban blackmailing everyone else with every single vote that requires consensus. More centralisation is not the right answer though
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 14 Feb
Who is more dictatorial? Viktor Orban, elected by the sovereign, or the unelected European Commission with Ursula von der Leyen
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Lost_dogz 15 Feb
The EC president is proposed by elected politicians and then elected by elected politicians. Plenty of elections involved there, although no direct ones
However, there are plenty of examples of directly and democratically elected dictators, so I don't think it's really relevant.
Most importantly, leaders' actions determine whether someone's a dictator or not. Centralising power, silencing criticism, capturing the judiciary, locking up the opposition, those are pretty clear indicators.
And finally, for some strange reason dictators respond very poorly to mockery 🤔
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