Originally Posted by
harpo88
Back to the OP...you realise that many people in real power in this country are unelected right? Be it special advisers to ministers, financiers, media owners, civil servants, regulators...some are powerful because they control or own lots of resources so can wield influence, others are in more permanent jobs that give continuity to public administration, other roles are unelected because with too many elections lots people just wouldn’t take the time to choose (eg police comissioner elections had poor turnout).
Also many of those who are voted in are unlikely to ever lose their seat.
For the EU unelected officials at least there are publicised official mandates and job roles. And for me having some policymakers unelected means that they don’t keep changing their policies every five minutes because of the elctoral cycle.
There is also the option for the public to start and support a Citizens’ Initative online. Over a million people got behind this and successfully got water supply improved across Europe.
We really need to get away from the idea that democracy is just about ticking a box every few years, and that the box ticking is the most inportant thing. Most people’s tick won’t change anything. But people doing their best to influence the political process, that brings power to the people by changing the agenda/the political weather over time and given the right conditions. The opportunities to influence more are already there but most people do nothing about it.