Re:Hacker facing an 8-year jail term for exposing vulnerabil...
by coldtea on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:05AM
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You do realize that citizens were allowed to vote in all number of dictatorships, right?
Being able to vote is the bare minimum for a democracy, not its ultimate realization.
The accountability of elected officials, the procedures, who and when voted for those procedures, the processes used, etc., are more important than merely being able to vote.
In fact the mere decline in participation and lack of voter engagement is also indicative of the disconnect between Brussels and the national EU-voters.
I'm more left-of-center myself, but even the right-of-center Economist put it somewhat well (if mildly):
Being able to vote is the bare minimum for a democracy, not its ultimate realization.
The accountability of elected officials, the procedures, who and when voted for those procedures, the processes used, etc., are more important than merely being able to vote.
In fact the mere decline in participation and lack of voter engagement is also indicative of the disconnect between Brussels and the national EU-voters.
I'm more left-of-center myself, but even the right-of-center Economist put it somewhat well (if mildly):
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2014/05/15/elected-yet-st...