This concept that politicization is somehow a bug and not a feature always bugs me. Was there a point in our history when we weren’t politicized, outside of a state of mobilization for war?
Politics is simply how people make decisions outside of rigid authoritarian structures.
Trying to eliminate politicization is trying to eliminate representative government by the populace, aka, democratic rule. The people are free to be political, that is all there really is to it.
This really reminds me a lot about what Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek minister of finance) said abouth the EU. It’s been a while, but the gist of it was exactly what you say, that they have depoliticized the political system of the EU. Leaving a technocracy that is completely immune to debate, regardless of who is right or not.
This is an apples to orangutans comparison. The USA is a country that operates under a single representative government. The EU is a multi-nation body that cooperates on economic matters.
Not exactly. The EU is composed of independent member states with a limited overarching representative super-government. Much like the US is composed of nominally independent member states with a limited overarching federal government.
This concept that politicization is somehow a bug and not a feature always bugs me. Was there a point in our history when we weren’t politicized, outside of a state of mobilization for war?
Politics is simply how people make decisions outside of rigid authoritarian structures.
Trying to eliminate politicization is trying to eliminate representative government by the populace, aka, democratic rule. The people are free to be political, that is all there really is to it.
This really reminds me a lot about what Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek minister of finance) said abouth the EU. It’s been a while, but the gist of it was exactly what you say, that they have depoliticized the political system of the EU. Leaving a technocracy that is completely immune to debate, regardless of who is right or not.
This is an apples to orangutans comparison. The USA is a country that operates under a single representative government. The EU is a multi-nation body that cooperates on economic matters.
Not exactly. The EU is composed of independent member states with a limited overarching representative super-government. Much like the US is composed of nominally independent member states with a limited overarching federal government.