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Omfg, is there anything that we can do?
Vote wisely.
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No no just kidding whatever your vote is it doesn’t matter in the end
This message brought to you by anti-democracy coalition. "Anti-democracy coalition - whatever you do just please don't participate in democracy"
Whilst I do not agree with the spirit of the message of the previous poster, I must point out that specifically the EU Comission - from were this came - is not elected but nominated, and the nomination is one big horse trading shit show several levels removed from voters, were everybody but the head of it is chosen by the Council Of Ministers (which only represents EU National Governments , not National Parliaments) so the whole thing is maybe slightly more "democratic" than nominations for the Chinese Politburo.
(If there is one thing that needs changing in the EU political structures, it's the crooked, rotten shit show that's the EU Commission).
That said, the EU Parliament which can stop most of this shit, is elected and it's even via Proportional Vote so there is no mathematical rigging at all to make some votes count more than others (unlike in First Past The Post Power Duopoly countries like the US or Britain) and hence voting in the EU Election does matter.
As much as all of us may hate it - it's true. The only scenario in which democracy functions is one where all, or at the very least the majority of voters make their own decisions, based on objective information. This is not the case.
While it's always great to contribute, no matter how little, we cannot deny reality here. Your vote is welcome and appreciated, but the truth is it won't change anything. Voting only gets you so far when the vast majority of people are brainwashed and just pick whatever their media outlet of 'choice' tells them to pick.
You don't know how the European Union is run. This not even a representative regime
This bullshit needs to stop. Grow the fuck up
Ah yes, just keep voting, it will work this time, I swear!
Or take a page from the yellow vests, make them piss themelves.
Yeah, not voting works super great to keep the fascists out of power, just ask the Americans!
One without the other is never enough
Or you know, in case I have to spell it out.
Just straight up tear up the government, no voting necessary.
Guess I'll kms lol