Posted on 03/10/2025 10:41:56 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Nothing says 'democracy' like restricting who gets on the ballot.
And nothing is more democratic than banning the leading candidate because the European Union technocrats disagree with him. Nothing says "protecting democracy" better than a bunch of bureaucrats carefully vetting candidates to ensure that they will give those bureaucrats all the power to make the most important decisions. Because bureaucrats, not stupid voters, know best.
IF that is the case, the European Union just got a lot more democratic. So democratic, in fact, that they may just decide to dispense with national elections in just the way that the European Union Parliament gets very little say in actual EU policy--it's left to the European Council which is "elected" as a slate by the Parliament and never faces the voters themselves.
I know that many dreamers out there still live in a fantasy world where the Europeans are the good guys dedicated to freedom and Western values, but that is becoming less and less true over time. Sure, the EU is happy enough to allow the population to vote, as long as they vote the "right" way. If they threaten to exceed the Overton Window set by the technocrats--the transnational elite--the elections can be canceled until the "right" candidates are put on the ballot.
Sure glad I took Sarcasm 101 in college. (That was an old Saturday Night Live skit)
Sure glad I took Sarcasm 101 in college. (That was an old Saturday Night Live skit)
Americans need to accept the EU is not democratic and not free. They are an enemy of Western values and human dignity.
They right way now to view them is if they are a lesser or greater evil than Russia or the middle east.
They are NOT or allies and NOT our friends.
The ‘officials’ in Romania carrying the EU’s water might want to remember what the Romanians did to another dictator just a few decades ago.
Prepare for revolution.
They will not take this sitting down.
They are quite experienced at government overthrows
Bkmk
10-4. They are on their own now.
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