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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by afpx on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:34AM (#19086167)
This seems to have become standard operating procedure in the US, and it really kills peoples' trust of our legislative system. It's saddening to hear that the EU is not immune to it either.
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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by Mirioron on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:25PM (#19089430)
The EU has been pulling this stuff for a while. Back when Ireland had a referendum whether they should ratify the Lisbon treaty the Irish voted against it. A year later they were asked to have another referendum with some concessions given by the EU.

Referendums don't really work if one side can just ask to have another one.

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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by lbj on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:28PM (#19087392)
I would say it's standard in most western countries.
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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by jandrese on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:51PM (#19087630)
Eastern countries too, unless they're too totalitarian to hold votes.
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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by chme on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:43PM (#19088980)
That is probably a property of representative democracy.
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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by jandrese on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:08PM (#19089845)
It's a property of all systems. Some asshole is going to try to abuse it to enrich themselves. That's why checks on power are so important.
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