ElectronicsQuestions on Nostr: I think it's a four-part problem: Woven together, but in roughly ascending order: 1: ...
I think it's a four-part problem: Woven together, but in roughly ascending order: 1: fear of reprisals. 2: the structure of the EU makes sure that what the people vote for doesn't matter that much for what laws are proposed and implemented. 3: fatigue. 4: people don't know the problems, don't know they can make a difference, and/or don't care.
Fear of reprisals is probably not a big factor when it comes to voting for the European Parliament, as it's - AFAIK - done anonymously. I guess there are countries that use voting machines or similar, that can't be trusted to preserve anonymity, but the majority doesn't know that. It is probably a bigger factor when it comes to communicating with the people in power, although probably not huge there either (see last point).
The only part of the EU that can be directly replaced through voting is the parliament. The commission is another step removed (I don't quite remember how it works, from Wikipedia it seems like the parliament elects them). The Council seems to rotate between the governments of member countries on a 6 month interval, once again according to Wikipedia.
Often, working to counteract the bad stuff the EU is doing seems like trying to make gravel of a mountain using a pick axe. At the same time the EU is adding another hundred thousand tons of mountain per year. Very few people are capable of giving their best in time and resources to such a project. Now, if there were millions doing it, it might be another story, but:
At least here in Sweden where I live, there is almost complete silence on most of the bad things that the EU proposes in the media. I think I heard ChatControl 2 mentioned once on the radio, since its inception (by Swedish EU commissioner Ylva Johansson, add to that) and only a quick overview of what it is and of course that it is "to protect the children". No mention of privacy, security, anything. I don't think people in general know a quarter of everything the EU is planning. And people in general also doesn't seem to be able to think even one step ahead, to what can be the consequences in the future. It also seems like most people either doesn't care, or, even those who complain, don't know that they can make a difference (probably partly due to previous point).
Fear of reprisals is probably not a big factor when it comes to voting for the European Parliament, as it's - AFAIK - done anonymously. I guess there are countries that use voting machines or similar, that can't be trusted to preserve anonymity, but the majority doesn't know that. It is probably a bigger factor when it comes to communicating with the people in power, although probably not huge there either (see last point).
The only part of the EU that can be directly replaced through voting is the parliament. The commission is another step removed (I don't quite remember how it works, from Wikipedia it seems like the parliament elects them). The Council seems to rotate between the governments of member countries on a 6 month interval, once again according to Wikipedia.
Often, working to counteract the bad stuff the EU is doing seems like trying to make gravel of a mountain using a pick axe. At the same time the EU is adding another hundred thousand tons of mountain per year. Very few people are capable of giving their best in time and resources to such a project. Now, if there were millions doing it, it might be another story, but:
At least here in Sweden where I live, there is almost complete silence on most of the bad things that the EU proposes in the media. I think I heard ChatControl 2 mentioned once on the radio, since its inception (by Swedish EU commissioner Ylva Johansson, add to that) and only a quick overview of what it is and of course that it is "to protect the children". No mention of privacy, security, anything. I don't think people in general know a quarter of everything the EU is planning. And people in general also doesn't seem to be able to think even one step ahead, to what can be the consequences in the future. It also seems like most people either doesn't care, or, even those who complain, don't know that they can make a difference (probably partly due to previous point).