But, the dementia seems to show when he tried to spin the 2020 elections. — Shawn
After two World Wars, one would think they've learned fighting each other is no good. — Manuel
Nevermind the fascist point. I had something else in mind.
But the again EU is anti-democratic, and they also want and army... — Wheatley
Correct. The Iraq war had really good ratings on cable news. To quote George Carlin, "We love war!"Not that NATO is much better. I mean yes, the US is somewhat democratic, more than the EU now, I'd argue, but it doesn't matter, I mean they can just bombard you with propaganda and people go wild and want to go to war. — Manuel
Not that NATO is much better. I mean yes, the US is somewhat democratic, more than the EU now, I'd argue, but it doesn't matter, I mean they can just bombard you with propaganda and people go wild and want to go to war. — Manuel
if only for the fact that there's a plurality of parties, meaning the representation of various different types of EU citizens is better guaranteed. — Benkei
Plurality of parties usually means there's either no pressing issues to deal with or there's apathy about dealing with the issues at hand. — frank
Yes, it has all these separate governing bodies and all these fancy sounding internal organizations. How much influence does the average European have over any of this?
Virtually nothing. — Manuel
Did the EU function well in the 2009 crisis? What about the pandemic, did the member states help each other out? — Manuel
In short, the EU has a long way to go to become democratic. — Manuel
I found that information here. :chin:Flawed democracies in the EU:
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia — Benkei
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