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Re:ARM founder says Softbank deal is 'sad day' for UK tech by cronjobber on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @07:03AM (#12121006)
Even though what Chomsky says is true, the decision to keep it that way is just as democratic as any other policy decision.

The simple reason is that member states can leave the EU. Brexit. Only when member states can't exit anymore, European democracies will have been killed for good. For now, they live.

But sure, it is somewhat sad that exit is pretty much the only meaningful way of democratic self-expression left to EU members...

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Re:ARM founder says Softbank deal is 'sad day' for UK tech by ZenoArrow on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @07:22AM (#12121062)
The lack of democracy in the EU only applies to EU members. I'm not saying the level of democracy is zero, however the fact you can leave isn't really a great measure of democracy within the union.

I'd recommend watching the whole talk I linked to in my earlier comment if you get the chance.

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