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Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?

Kurzgesagt explains how the European Union is governed, how its officials are elected or appointed, and whether a citizen's vote actually matters.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as a quick factual primer on EU institutions when threads get into EU politics and policy.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Topic
european union governance
Format
explainer
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • All EU officials are elected directly or elected/assigned by the people that were elected. This will help you to get the facts straight: [VIDEO]

    tasubotadas on Hacker News · 2019-07
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  • Thanks for taking the time to think about it. > Democracy itself always gives rights to the majority against the will of the minority. this is true and it has a name I believe; the "Tyranny of the Majority", I think. > The tyranny of …

    dijit on Hacker News · 2022-05
    In Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11

  • > > Ursula von der Leyen was not elected by EU citizens > But was she not elected by EU members of parliment, who were elected by EU citizens? This is a common argument when criticizing the EU, but in the end everybody is elected …

    BadOakOx on Hacker News · 2022-06
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