Real shame though that even a social oriented society like Europe can't do a thing about it.

Regarding your post, you're wrong about the MEP salaries:

Article 10 of the new Statute sets the amount of the MEPs salary as 38,5 % of the basic salary of a judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, thus currently €7,665 before tax.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...

Besides, I'm pretty sure the EP doesn't rule over the airspace of the member states.

Yes, the majority of the electorate might be gullible or even downright stupid but they're not responsible for the crimes committed in the name of people. Unfortunately, those who really are responsible won't be tried in court because the rule of law doesn't apply to them.

The citizen is the Principal who mandates the Agent (the government) to do something for him.

Now, if the Agent fucks up (and I'm sure we all agree that this has been the case worldwide for a very long time now), it becomes the responsibility of the Principal to replace the Agent with the right one. And this applies not just to single politicians but to entire political structures.

A slightly longer explanation: by being complacent you (and I) accept responsibility for a fractional share in what is being done in our name. We can't directly change anything about it but every time we vote we have the responsibility to try to improve things as much as possible. If we collectively fail at doing that then we all (not just those that voted for the status quo) are implicated.

Choosing to avoid revolution (if you think that is the only option, which I disagree with, for instance, you could start a political party, you could protest, you could strike, you could emigrate and so on) is the same as taking responsibility.

Simply abdicating responsibility while still taking part without any push-back against perceived injustice makes you an accomplice, like it or not.

I can't see how a new political party would help, there are already some that align with my views (and for whom I voted) but they weren't elected. Starting another one would surely just split their vote further.

Striking would only hurt my employer, who seem to have very little to do with it. It's pretty impractical given that no union exists in my industry (and yes, I have tried to form one; no-one seemed interested).

Where could I emigrate that doesn't act the same way?

I've tried to push back, really I have. I can't see how to change things. It can't be my responsibility when I have no control over it.

Just imagine how the self-aware Americans (US) feel.

I used to venomously ridicule people who suggested 9/11 was a false flag event. As time has gone on, I find it more and more likely that they let it happen to justify perpetual war and the fullscale rollout of the Panopticon.

We live in a fascist state.

1. the President's plane incident

2. the absence of honest outrage on the part of EU politicians regarding all the recent news

3. the direct surveillance collaboration with the NSA

4. the fact that the NSA is allowed to build multi-billion surveillance centers in Germany

5. refusal of help to Edward Snowden

Please add your observations to this list.

Unless you think that is normal for a country to have permanent military bases of a foreign power in its own territory.

I'm not judging or complaining, it's just the way it is. At some point in history, decisions were made about Europe's own place in the world that put it under US sphere of influence, and these decisions have important consequences to this day.

It can be argued that European countries traded part of their own sovereignity in exchange for security, protection and economic progress.

> Unless you think that is normal for a country to have permanent military bases of a foreign power in its own territory.

These bases are negociated not through the European Union, but through NATO agreements (AFAIK), and on a bilateral basis.

For example, there are no American bases in France since the 60's.

> I'm not judging or complaining, it's just the way it is. At some point in history, decisions were made about Europe's own place in the world that put it under US sphere of influence, and these decisions have important consequences to this day.

Western European countries, maybe, but please remember that Eastern Europe has been under Russian influence since the cold war (and many of them still are).

> It can be argued that European countries traded part of their own sovereignity in exchange for security, protection and economic progress.

Some of them traded a bit of their military sovereignty (the first and foremost being Germany), but as far as I know most of these countries are politically sovereign.

Correct, that and the NSA infrastructure on European soil has to vanish.

The odds of either of those things occurring are perilously near zero

We need to STOP saying:

1. "I'm so not surprised"

2. "That has zero chance of happening"

What we NEED to do is:

1. Think about things we CAN do

2. Find others to EXECUTE these things

3. TALK about this action

Anything else is just demotivating people. And that will only make things worse.

EDIT: To the downvoters - that's exactly what I'm talking about.

But as far as "removing" US military and intelligence presence from Europe - that will literally never happen, as all of Europe is entirely complicit in our presence and information gathering activities.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/07/05/edward-snow...

Apparently you need to do some basic research into the circumstances regarding the harassment of the Bolivian presidential flight.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/07/tale-re-routed...

7. The illegal rendition of The Pirate Bay's anakata from Cambodia to Swedish solitary confinement (himself a Swedish citizen) - without charge or process - for a term said to constitute torture even under UN definition.