• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    20 hours ago

    all those retard “eastern Europe”-countries

    Ah yes because the people of those countries are the ones responsible for the things their power grabbing dictators do? What an idiotic thing to say. The majority of the population of “those countries”, especially the younger people are strongly in favor of the EU.

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      6 hours ago

      So the People of a democratic society doesn’t bear any responsibility of what they choose to vote for? May I remind you, that being a democratic government is one of the first requirements to ever get into the EU, which is why turkey forinstance, struggles. I know a lot of young People from poland, hungary, Slovenia and Bulgaria, that we have a lot in common with, and hate their current government. Doesn’t mean Jack shit, when it’s the 60% boomer voters who decides the path of your country. That is how democracy works. It’s the majority that gets to choose if your country is pro russian, or pro EU.

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        There are zero democratic countries on this planet. Governments almost never enact policy that their voters want if that policy conflicts with the interests of rich people. That is a general fact, scientifically proven in multiple EU countries. The influence voters have over what their government does is very minimal and only impacts surface level things. Real change only comes through direct imdividual action and the threat of guillotines.

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      16 hours ago

      I didn’t read their statement as addressing the people of the countries but the countries themselves, meaning their acting governments.