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What +he envisioned was a European Union, or as he called it, the United +States of Europe. His vision gained a lot of support, so much support +that we now actually have a European Union.<br /><br /> +Except that nowadays I look at this European Union, which was created +with the motivation of uniting Europe and creating peace in Europe, and +ask myself one thing. Where has the support, the union, the motivation +gone? Why is the European Union, which was meant to be a democratic +Union of Europe now falling apart? I can tell you why, the European +Union is not what it used to be. The European Union is not the great +Union that it used to be, sure there are some nice regulations here and +there, but the majority of European actions have just been idiotic. +Which completely warrant the Brexit and now the potential Dexit, the +European Union simply is not what it used to be.<br /><br /> +How dare you call yourself Democratic, when you actively allow countries +to completely bypass the Democracy, do you consider it Democratic to +allow the french and dutch to veto a European Constitution without any +consequences? I certainly do not. To me the European Unions seems like a +mega corporation which only follows the lead of the countries that give +it the most money.<br /><br /> +Does anyone here happen know who that country currently is? It is +Germany. Does anyone here know what would happen to the European Union +if Germany would leave? The European Union would crumble. It would turn +into a joke, a joke with no funding.<br /><br /> +No one would benefit from Germany leaving the European Union, which is +exactly why I would not mind if Germany were to leave. If all powerful +countries have to leave the European Union to cause the European Union +to change, then so be it. This is what you get for piggybacking off of +Germany and turning a blind eye on Greece going into massive debt with +Germany. You get a nice f-you from the powerful countries who are sick +of your hypocrisy.<br /><br /> +But of course, no one here cares, because it gives you what you actually +strive for. Money. This is the system we live in, a system where having +money is rewarded and not having money will cause you to be completely +Ignored. I cannot blame anyone for trying to make Money. But what I can +blame you for and what I will blame you for is the fact that no one +tries to replace this broken system with a system that actually works, +one that does not only benefit the powerful. A system which properly +helps the poor without putting them into massive debt. But of course no +one here will do this, because the lobbyist tell you not to. The fact +that you people allow corruption like this on a continental level is +absolutely despicable. I am deeply disappointed with everything you have +done. I used to be a fan of the European Union and admired everyone who +is sitting here. But now I am just disgusted by the corruption, +discrimination and violations of Human Rights you people do on the +daily. And of course none of this will change, since "boo hoo change +scary"<br /><br /> +Additionally, the European Union fails to listen to any young voices, I +am quite honestly surprised that I am able to talk to you in this moment +and that the majority is somewhat listening to what I have to say. Does +anyone here remember article 13? The robo copyright regulation that +would stop any form of fair use? Has anyone here seen the mass outrage +young people had online? I’m guessing you have not, since all I see here +is a group of old timers who accidentally leak confidential emails and +fall for the most obvious phishing attacks known to man. Has anyone here +ever actually listened to a young persons opinion? I would not be +surprised if some people here had their last interaction with young +people on Epstein Island. You are the ones who complain about the newer +generations not being politically motivated, yet you also make no effort +to listen to politically engaged teenagers. Why is that? Are their ideas +too radical to you? Do they not know enough about politics to be able to +make proper decisions on specific topics? I would argue that politically +engaged teenagers know more about politics than some of you, mainly +because they cannot buy their position in politics.<br /><br /> +Now to be completely fair, the European Union does not only consist of +bad things, you people sometimes do things which I and many others, +genuinely appreciate. Enforcing proper worker rights across every +European Country, allowing anyone who is European to travel to any +country in the European Union. Allowing tax free trade for any good. +Showing Corporations the middle finger with their monopolistic and +anti-consumer strategies. We genuinely appreciate that. Except then you +add regulations that would make open source programs impossible to +maintain and also cause mass surveillance, is it really that hard to not +fall for the default "it will stop child predators" mass surveillance +reasoning? I feel like we have been through this multiple times. In the +end the politicians who wrote those regulations turn out to be child +predators themselves and were only trying to distract from the actual +issue.<br /><br /> +I really want to like the European Union, it is a great concept and it +has the potential of becoming so much better. But all I see nowadays is +a concept that everyone is starting to loose interest in. The European +Union in its current state will not change for the better anymore. So if +it takes the dissolution of the European Union for us to get a true +United States of Europe, which does not consist of separate countries +but is one big state with one unified language and one unified law, then +I am fully on board. But realistically, even with the most powerful EU +members leaving and creating their own partnerships, this will not +happen. We are stuck with the current European Union, so let us improve +this Union the best we can, completely rework the process of introducing +regulations to a process that features actual proper Democracy, let us +not favor the will of powerful money givers of the poorer countries, let +us accept refugees and give them a new home where they do not fear +missiles hitting their home or soldiers committing war crimes, let us +not spy on Europeans and put journalists at risk of being arrested for +spreading the truth, let us listen to what the young generation has to +say. Let Europe arise again!</p> +</body> +</html> |