Bart21 wrote:
Politicians serving the people has to be the most hilarious comment posted here.
Democracy is just as easy to use for your personal purposes as any other goverment system.
The only difference is that the people are kept happy by the elusion that they can actually influence what the politicians do. Once the countrys elites (politicians) have done theyr part to serve theyr masters the European union, they get promoted to theyr level. This is why European countrys are losing the power to rule themselves to an elite much higher up bit by bit. The united states of Europe is currently in an infantile status, but it wil soon grow to adulthood where noone on country level can resist it's will. Remember the referenum? us Dutch overwhealmingly voted no. But they did it aniway because it was planned long ago. I also heard about plans to divide Europe up into new regions eventually.
I assume you can vote? If you don't like the EU or your government, you have a vote you can use to elect candidates to both organisations. Is this true?
I agree that democracy is flawed but what is the alternative?
Fascism and communism have not worked so well in the past. You should be aware of that.
The EU is why there hasn't been a war in western Europe for over 50 years and why countries like the Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium have not been invaded and conquered by our more powerful neighbours. I recall that The Netherlands was once ruled by the Emperor of Spain.
Monarchism is no longer a possibility in most countries. In the Netherlands, yes. In Ireland, France, Germany etc, impossible.