It's an elitist statement that reveals they actually don't give a shit about the people, but unless the defense minister was directly elected it's technically correct. This does not make them any less of a liberal democracy. I don't know the whole context of what she said, but do you think an ideal form of government would be where the technocrat in charge of any department sticks his thumb in the air and gauges public opinion on every serious issue before doing his job? Is that required for democracy?
“…do you think an ideal form of government would be where the technocrat in charge of any department sticks his thumb in the air and gauges public opinion on every serious issue before doing his job?”
Isn’t that literally how it’s supposed to work with elected officials? And in this case, we’re talking about the public opinion of the people who voted for the official.
Same whackjob who earlier said that "my job is not to care about what my voters in Germany think".
So much for their 'democracy'.
It's an elitist statement that reveals they actually don't give a shit about the people, but unless the defense minister was directly elected it's technically correct. This does not make them any less of a liberal democracy. I don't know the whole context of what she said, but do you think an ideal form of government would be where the technocrat in charge of any department sticks his thumb in the air and gauges public opinion on every serious issue before doing his job? Is that required for democracy?
“…do you think an ideal form of government would be where the technocrat in charge of any department sticks his thumb in the air and gauges public opinion on every serious issue before doing his job?”
Isn’t that literally how it’s supposed to work with elected officials? And in this case, we’re talking about the public opinion of the people who voted for the official.