I saw something today that 70% of people in Europe think there is too much immigration. This isn't a popular sovereignty problem now. Elites do not give a fuck.
At least, yes - and the places where it's lower are places like Hungary and Denmark (where it's only about 60%) where governments already have a firm grip on invasion.
But like you say, public opinion doesn't matter at all.
It's all over Twitter, though. I know that they're worried that they're losing control of the narrative. That's why they attack the platform so hard. Mr Musk-tweets are 1 click away from America First and 2 clicks away from the likes of me. The thing they're most afraid of is people finding out they're the silent majority. Cuz think about it that's the only situation when rich heads roll.
I'm less optimistic about the people being able to do anything. For one, the only times when 'heads rolled' was in cases of state collapse, with the French and Russian revolutions - in the former case, with the support of the elites. And it's not as if either resulted in desirable effects.
Don't take this as "why bother doing anything, it's pointless", but I don't see majorities of ordinary people being able to take down the most militarized empire in human history. I see no path for displacing the elites. In theory, a general strike would result in a change of government, but it would still be responsive to the previously existing elites and not to the population.
I saw something today that 70% of people in Europe think there is too much immigration. This isn't a popular sovereignty problem now. Elites do not give a fuck.
At least, yes - and the places where it's lower are places like Hungary and Denmark (where it's only about 60%) where governments already have a firm grip on invasion.
But like you say, public opinion doesn't matter at all.
It's all over Twitter, though. I know that they're worried that they're losing control of the narrative. That's why they attack the platform so hard. Mr Musk-tweets are 1 click away from America First and 2 clicks away from the likes of me. The thing they're most afraid of is people finding out they're the silent majority. Cuz think about it that's the only situation when rich heads roll.
I'm less optimistic about the people being able to do anything. For one, the only times when 'heads rolled' was in cases of state collapse, with the French and Russian revolutions - in the former case, with the support of the elites. And it's not as if either resulted in desirable effects.
Don't take this as "why bother doing anything, it's pointless", but I don't see majorities of ordinary people being able to take down the most militarized empire in human history. I see no path for displacing the elites. In theory, a general strike would result in a change of government, but it would still be responsive to the previously existing elites and not to the population.
Not yesterday I had another user insisting on the likelihood of Trump to change things, so I guess balance in all things.