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A video on arguments for and against a European federation would be very interesting if you would consider making it :)

Being a non European, I used to think that EU was an alliance. Now such an assumption sounds laughable (the member states could still be considered as allies though, I guess). Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the Video! I would like to bring out one point that seems to be small for the common understanding but is important for me: You used the term anarchy for describing a situation which is in my opinion better described with anomie.

I live in polish

okay so what time do you have any money to buy the tickets and heat nothing much really good and yourself and the only time eu

i like how the animators animate the UK going away every scene that included it

We were the first to leave, but we won’t be the last. Ukraine has changed everything.

@Poultry Bird we just say Britain ok?

@Nolan Richoux we are still technically in erupoe

We don't?

I was gonna say

Finaly a map of the EU, where Switzerland exists and is not a part of it.

@Eugene Dsky that’s not good, that’s to much government oversight

I mean the Swiss rejected EU membership twice so

@Emularis how?

@Eugene Dsky The best way to stop the gun problem is to ban gun (mass) production & export/import. The older guns will eventually become collectible items and the ammo will run out! But I don't think any government with any slightly significant military force will agree to these terms.

Me watching videos on how Europeans complain about democracy: *laughs in Venezuelan*

Yes, the truth is that Europeans exaggerate a lot and are living among the best organizations in the world and complain about the supposed "lack" of democracy.

laughs in Russian

hola

Me: Laughs and cries in Russian

As a US citizen I was always a bit mystified over the structure and workings of the EU. Thank you for your review -- I found it interesting and informative.

Min 3:20 : "By you dear citizen... Me, being a Brazilian: "uhh, ok..."

@BananappIeboy • 69y ago • 12mo ago ahh yes 'brazilian' one of the languages ever, all the americans are also here speaking american

Soy argentino

At this point, they might as well send our tax euros to Brazil too since we pay for Greece and Spain already.

@Adriel (Klintz) kurzgegast is german

oh dear, here come the brazilian comments spamming sentences in brazilian.

It's quite symbolic that bird-politicians who can fly are sitting around in flying machines.

@rooniejames LOL

"It's more convenient for humans to run, but you guys don't run everywhere" -Barry B. Benson

it's bc it's ridiculous

HAHAHAH

Best part 3.03 united kingdom leaving

I think it is crazy that the european council, the council of the european union and the council of europe are three seperate institutions.

@ALI Al-kuwari I'm saying that you are talking about the EU like a twitter user talks about Elon Musk

@Wasabi Thumbs it’s pathetic the nonsense you people would say to get a reaction. Seriously, what are you even saying?

@ALI Al-kuwari Thanks for stepping in he was really hurting the EU's feelings 🙄

@ALI Al-kuwari have you never met a human being before?

@ALI Al-kuwari Crazy doesn't always carry negative connotations my guy. "Hey, isn't it crazy that you can get five scoops of ice cream for only 1.50? I am definitely coming back here." I just used it to show that I thought the fact was interesting.

Me: *Is American and is supposed to be researching about the generals of the civil war* Also me: *Learning about EU Democrat*

@Sownheard fort Sumpter.

@Denis Međedović everyone should care

Lol

@Free Style I'm from EU and I'm also supposed to learn about your civil war. Hmm

"and politicians are even worse at naming things than scientists" Haven't laughed in a while at such a good comment

"Democracy is annoying and complicated" Laughs in emperor Palpatine

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."

no.

I am the Senat!!

"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, The European Union will be reorganized into the First European Empire for safe and secure society." - The Senate

"Democracy is annoying." Kurzgesagt is clearly advocating for a one-party dictatorship with Birdy McBirdface as supreme leader of the Greater Kurzgesagtian Empire.

I, for one, welcome our new Avian overlords.

stalin would've been proud

@The Mr. Man ...no? I perfer a functioning society not built of one ruler...

@Whitewolf Crowley So you prefer terrorism over a dictatorship. I prefer Saddam's Iraq compared to the Iraq right now

I am European, I've watched this video 5 times now and i still dont understand half of the EU

I'll give you the summary: all of this video is the political half of the EU, the nice part where "we all go towards the European dream", ignoring this layer being where all the little political leeches go any kind of meetings, some very, VERY useless meetings in which nothing is truly decided but it's nice to pat themselves on the back for "thinking about this" (not all politicians that participate are leeches, but there are sooooo many small bureaucrats whose job is literally useless, it's making me think of working there myse- I mean what?); then there's the economic (bigger) half of the EU, the true foundations, the EEC and the European Central Bank, these guys run this as a business, and, well, you can see that with the best example we have, Greece: step 1, let greece enter the EU sooner than they should, as they dont have a strong enough economy; step 2, as we (the EEC and this Bank) will loan as much money as we can to greek institutions, and because many of them won't be able to pay back, we'll gain all those businesses; step 3, repeat until you own all that can be owned; step 4, kick them out the EU as we can (as they will be detrimental to the euro and, therefore, to every other country of the eu, so they wont be doing it for protecting their money, they'll do it for us, aren't they nice?). Not that they will f-cked all us up, but still, greece isnt a punching bag, and... empathy should be a pretty important part of their cv? Sooooo... maybe universities and public institutions need 1-year-worth more of ethics courses. Or maybe those guys are just vampires, then we just need some garlic and a trip to Brussels and co., yummy. Wow what a wall of text, sorry xd

@Mr. Seal Ciceroni has good videos explaining how EU works

Well at least you enjoyed it

Same

@Mr. Seal yeah, me neither, I'm just trying to find someone who does but as far as I know, there are like 2-3 politicians who understand politics.

I think there should be a law where if someone gets elected they have to attempt what they promised on their checklist otherwise they cannot get a second chance to be a president.

I love the part when he said: "Politicians are even worse than scientists at naming things".

So glad I found this channel. They can explain hard matter in an easy and relaxing way.

"...polticians are even worse at naming things than scientists..." I love this

ah yes let's name this country Sheheyhhyrhehia

That´s true XD

@NAME NAME NAME scientists be like: let's name this planet amogus-69420

Wonderful animations and informative content. Hope this channel becomes more successful day by day. Congratulations on such great work.

So arguing that national governments should have more power (by leaving) , many critics will essentially say national governments have too much power over the parliament in the EU.

Thank you for the heads-up Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell! Its important that EU citizens should be aware at least about the role of the EU institutions and of course from their own country.

I just wanted to say that I love each and every single one of your videos. They make learning so much more interesting and fun to do. Thank you so much 😊.

Since the UN has virtually no power, it is usually "politely" ignored. That's some truth right there. It is important for governments to remember to be polite as they ignore the United Nations.

Very true

if you don't like eu democracy and working institutions, come to Ukraine or Russia, and try some of those amazing(no) life level .Your vote meant everything... it meants your conscious vote is not stolen and corrupted

This is a pretty good explanation to a very complex subject. Thank you so much

My family is Bulgarian, so naturally, I speak Bulgarian too. But after living most of my life in the states, speaking English, I've forgotten most of my mother tongue. I really appreciate that you have subtitles for most EU member state languages. Through combining something in genuinely curious about with real time translations to that language, I learn more in total than I ever did.

I really think you should really relearn Bulgarian to preserve your heritage

The "Opinion" part of the video is very important to include. Too many content creators dictate their opinion as fact. Thank you for honesty and transparency.

i also like the delivery of the line. Its just so sudden lmao

@Steven They are called 'Easter worshipers'.

@blankExcept a lot of what you're saying is highly speculative. You assume that all Muslims behave in ☓ way and that they cannot integrate with Y group without a solid base (I'll give it to extremists but that's with any group; not a Muslim-centric thing). Funnily enough that's the justification people in 60s used in favour of segregation. It's tribalism almost and fear-mongering----fuck isn't this a discussion about how democratic the EU is? Does it really need to be said and debated that Muslim people aren't bad? What do they have to do with democracy in the EU?

3:02 I love how UK is trying to leave

@Damien Townsend right

Left

I love how this video is explaining that the EU is actually pretty democratic, and the comment section blows up with the brexit references. p.s. I love the Dr. Who references in so many of these videos... It's like a Where's Waldo, but with a TARDIS...

It’s in no way democratic

Question: Did the UK (before BREXIT) elect someone for the head of state’s role in the European council or did the queen go

The Prime Minister (head of state) represents/represented the UK. The queen is mostly a figurehead and has no significant role in politics (search: "constitutional monarchy" if you're curious). Other European nations also have monarchs (kings/princes/queens) who don't directly affect politics.

Could you guys do some more detailed stuff on the EU because I love learning about this and I love your vids, thx

Animator : how many brexit jokes n references do you want? Kurzgesagt : *yes*

Are they brexit references or are they what you're looking for everywhere because it troubles you?

@geelzwarteaardbij Mathematician's Answer.

"Give me all the Brexit memes you have."

-:King:- it’s been soooo stale for weeeeks. Many aren’t/weren’t even funny in the first place

You know a nation is too good when it's people are openly complaining about everything

I see that Kurzgesagt has tried to break this down as simple as possible, but I still will need to watch it few more times

I love the birds at 1:22 all surreptitiously hide that they have the weapons they just said were bad. If you're an EU member wondering what the future might hold for you, I'll use some American (sorry) examples. If you empower the EU and diminish the power of the member states and their leaders, you will end up most likely with a monolithic government like that of the current United States - trending towards being one people instead of many. This means a strong central government that can do more, but is also more bitterly fought over for control of it... so don't be surprised if you choose this option that you will see a partisan, polarized EU in the future like what America currently "enjoys". The upside (sort of) is this means a more cohesive state, but EU bureaubirbs who you may not like or know at all will have more power over you, and individual freedom of the states and possibly the citizens themselves will be less than the following possibility. However, if you vote for individual member states and heads of state to retain their power and influence, you will most likely end up with a union or coalition with strong what we call "state's rights" in the USA - which can be good or bad. Depending on how far you go with this, you can still end up with the modern USA government, or another form of government that didn't do so well... I'll get to it in a bit. State's rights in their current form means that Americans can choose on a state level if they want, say, recreational or medicinal marijuana to be legal, which I think is a good thing. However, this also means that individual states can do bad things and even the President can't do much about it, like the recent Republican efforts to "clean up voting" in the USA after Donald Trump lost the 2020 Presidential election - many having a large outcry over this attempt to make voting harder, mainly affecting Democratic voters like the poor and people of color. But partially because of state's rights, President Biden can't do much about it. Congress has to act at a national level to prevent such things, and this is unlikely given the Senate is currently split 50/50 between Trump leaning Republicans and Democrats. If you go too far with state's rights, you end up with a Confederacy, where the states are very powerful and independent, where the central government does not hold much power at all. This was tried twice in American history - once at a national level, under the highly ineffective Articles of Confederation, which did not even give the national government to raise taxes at all if I remember correctly, and then in the American South, when states split off and formed the Confederate States of America. Due to its very nature, ignoring all industrial disparity in the war between North and South, the CSA was not a very functional state; for example, in the waning days of the war, they repeatedly requested more men and supplies for the Civil War from the member states... only for many members to refuse, saying basically "I don't want any of our Texans dying to defend a bunch of Virginians." There may be some upsides to a confederacy, but it is unlikely that either the USA or the EU will ever see this type of government ever again, given modern trends towards more state power and centralization.

"politicians are even worse than scientists at naming things" me: **laughs in latin name**

I love how in every instance the UK appears, it drifts away from the EU. The island speeds away, and the bird representing the UK also slowly moves away.

@Jack sorry, i forgot how to laugh

@Jack sarcasm

JuicyWatermelone The day of the rake shall come soon Leaf!

@lorenzo Moretti So many salty people here. There's no reason to be salty! I'm sure you can find happiness in your poverty-stricken, 3rd world nations. Meanwhile I'll be living it up in the richest nation on the planet! USA > all the other countries. USA is the richest, is the strongest, is the most free, is where true innovation occurs, and is just the best. USA! USA! USA!

The EU suffers the same issues that individual nations do with lobbying from corporate monolithic companies, that's not very democratic. I want to see that removed from all politics, I'm all for capitalism but not corporate capitalism.

I want the EU to be a giant robot… and for the UK to still be part of it.

As an American I can confirm that this has greatly helped me with my voting decisions

@André Haugvaldstad you dont know anything about me, but you dare to insult me as a braindead... nice. If you didnt try to defend communism, because you know that this political direction has simply no benefits, then why did you try to attack my comment? As someone, who thinks longterm in general, who cares for the future and his children, I can asure you that the communism is beneficial for a few people and shortterm. When looking at the economy, it is never helpful to råpē those who take risk and create great...

@André Haugvaldstad that is simply wrong. So tell me the benefits of communism. Go ahead...

me, a person who have absolutely no interest in politics, doesn't live in EU, doesn't give a flying fuck about EU, and watch this video solely because Kurzgezagt made it: "ah yes, quality content"

Scientists: We’re the worst at naming things Politicians: Hold my alcoholic beverage

Hold my corruption

Arnav Jain That was actually gold

Hold article 13

@Boba Gaming There's one called "Robotnikin" off Doctor Robotnik.

Scott Cawthon liked this

When have the Europeans ever done anything correctly when it comes to stuff like this?

I honestly feel like EU democracy can't be much more indirect than UK national democracy. In my constituency, my vote doesn't count, and I certainly don't directly select who'll be minister of what. What's more, Parliament, the supposedly sovereign body, is usually beholden to any executive.

In fact EU parliamentary elections were the only place constituency minorities in the UK ever had their vote count. Due to proportional representation. And I think the UK is the one country with same democratic limitation in that the house of commons can't suggest legislation, only the government can.

That's the same in most constituencies, my MP didn't win a majority in my constituency and now we have a PM who is making a mess of the UK because of our "democracy", we need to change the system before it's too late

This was very informative. Please do something on the United Nations.

You miss one crucial thing. While, yes we do vote, but the problem is that you have politicians who are voted in by country x. this politican then makes decisions that affects country y. While Country y has no way to actually vote this person out, therefor it becomes problematic.

I love how Britain just lingers around and occasionally leaves

@Drifter AX I mean they're not nazis or very similar to the Nazi party in anyway but I guess off you threw enough facts and compsrasions you may be able to draw a strange connection with political dominance?

Kurzgesagt: shows modeen EU map UK: ight imma head out

@Drifter AX although i dont agree with you (european being nazis ) he is very clearly a troll and/or a child by his last comment being a bad joke.

@Drifter AX *T poses to assert dominance, laughing in european*

Kurz: *Explains the Eu and how it works* Me a person who does not live in europe: I agree.

2:02 small detail, the UK floats away for brexit I really appreciate this amazing video

So if I want to get rid of the commissioner that represents my country, how do I do that? Oh, I can’t.

It matters in the sense that each country gets a say in who their representatives will be. I can name on one hand a few politicians who I would despise being our representative. I would rather avoid them getting any power

The thing is, indirect democracy gets exponentially more separated from the interests of the people the more layers there are.

It's a risk, but for large institutions and complex constituencies, direct democracy is not the solution. Nobody would argue that the US Congress is doing a good job at representing the interests of the people. For the European Union, direct democracy means taking power from Member States so a balance should be found.

@Inglorious One the U.S is in actuality a democratic federal Republic. The president has the most power as an individual but the congress has he most power collectively. Plus the federal government shares its power with the states.

@Average Joesson Ronald Reagan was a good president what are you talking about?

"Exponentially"? Really? Please explain

@Me AndMeToo Yeah but only USA has elected Ronald Reagan into office, so if the prize if "too dumb for democracy", that prize goes to USA.

Me watching this tryna figure out what my European friends are getting mad about

“The EU parliament is the only part that is directly elected by you, dear citizens” Me: *laughs in italian*

Ум человеческий придумывает абсолютную монархию, монархию конституционную, республику демократическую, но до сих пор все эти придуманные человеческим умом формы общежития не удовлетворяют людей и продолжают быть средствами угнетения и развращения большинства меньшинством. Так это происходит везде и в Персии и в Турции и в Англии и Германии, и Франции и Америке, везде существует устройство не то, которое придумывают люди, а то, которое устанавливается той партией, которая заставляет силою народ принять предлагаемое, скорее предписываемое ему устройство. Лев Толстой 1909г

There's only pseudo democracy. In a real democracy, any action that can determine the future of a nation: financial, aliance, laws should be decided by the vote of the residents. Not by just a few corrupt politicians.

Props to Kurzgesagt for actually marking the opinion piece as an opinion piece, that's rare to see nowadays.

@sacr3 I understand what you are saying. But I think there are lines that shouldn't be crossed and when it crosses the line I bave freedom to be disturbed and talk about it. Of course I can't force him to redirect, but I just wanted to say that it is offensive for me.

@봉바상한 Freedom of speech my friend, this picture is an example of the extremes people have for their freedom of speech. It may be extremely offensive, but that is a side effect of these freedoms. Problem about enforcing them not to do it, is where do we stop? If we start manipulating the freedom of speech so that we're not offended, eventually it'll be used to silence the most soft things. I'm terribly sorry if i've offended you, I was not educated about that tragedy and I will take the time myself to research it and understand the terrible events that occured. We should always be fully aware of all events in history so that the victims are remembered and we can learn from it. Cheers.

@봉바상한 boohoo, its called the freedom to express what you wish - accept it, and move on.

I love that in every scene, the UK is just trying to leave the EU

Thanks, i understand a bit more. It appears to me that commision seems to rule, even if is it by threatening people (member states). I think I got that right. No doubt someone will tell I am wrong.

I'm going, to be honest, it's not about what's going on and the influence of the vote, it's just the heart of whoever is in that position.

Lobbying should be made illegal OR politicians on all levels should be made liable to report all lobbying attempts.

that british bird quietly exiting is low key hilarious

@Wasabi Thumbs did you put a like to yourself?

@Riccardo Bro is really out here using subreddit names 😔😣

Whenever I click the like button it goes from 1.4K to 1.5k😎

@geoerjgu292 r/agedlikemilk

This is a very good channel and i must say it... I LOVE YOUR GRAPHIC STYLE !!!!! You should make a video game about history like eu4 hoi4. But your video is very useful and help me understand the world we live on. 2 words : Thank you.

Me, an Australian: "My VoTe MaTtErS."

@Jim Boonie hey aren’t you dead

@MrHistory Me an atlantean 😑😑😑

Me an American 😑😑😑

Jeffafa You don’t know my pain and struggles everyday.

@ᴷⁱⁿᵈˡʸ ᴴᵉˡᵖ ᴹᵉ ᴿᵉᵃᶜʰ 1ᴷ ˢᵘᵇˢᶜʳⁱᵇᵉʳˢ ᵂⁱᵗʰ ᴺᵒ ⱽⁱᵈᵉᵒ What if it does exist, but everything is just upside down?

Lmao Britain leaving

@Snow Flakes dude I'm 18, genuinely couldn't care less about politics and the UK is just a mess. Brexit was a shambles and ever since we left last year its just gotten worse every month. Im pretty sure stores being half empty is thanks to us leaving the EU and same goes for the fuel shortage last month. At the same time the way the country is being run is actually quite funny imo, wouldn't expect a country of this size to be run so badly. Anyway doubt you will be reading this as you write like you're 80 and there's a high chance you've just dropped dead in the last month

@Snow Flakes this your fist day on the internet, gramps?

@Snow Flakes my cousin's Wife had to fill out a form because she is Czech, the only reason why she wasn't deported was because, and I quote, "hadn't got a loan from the government". Those Xenophobic Bigots and their little pitball need to step up their game if they want to stay elected, at this rate I'd vote for Binface.

We Europeans need to stand together

Just wanted to let you know that whenever Ireland voted against the Lisbon treaty, they made them vote again until they accepted it

Yes after it was modified to our liking

I litterally cant believe my home language youtube videos. So at the end of the video he said about the playlist with videos for most european languages and romanian is there and for some weird reason in the thumbnail instead of saying: "Is the EU bad?", it says: "EU = satan?". Of course this is probably not Kurzgesagt's choice, but i honestly can't believe what kind of community romanian has. (You may think its just that video, but oh no most videos are like that with weird talking and stuff like that. Also why did I bother to write this comment? I honsestly have no idea. Its 1 AM and im just bored.)

As a EU member citizen i feel like the part in 5:04 should be just France and Germany shooting lasers... Nobody else Hell the smaller countries could even be on the parlament side being pushed back

UK: *Leaves the EU* Months Later: Me: *Being British and watching a video about the EU*

Irish exit: leaving without saying goodbye British exit: saying goodbye without leaving Edit: why the likes this is a terrible meme

@Blake Pierce yeh why the fuk wud we leave the eu

@Blake Pierce More specifically, the irish exit refers to the departure from any event without telling any friends, associates or acquaintances that one is leaving. It is almost always the result of being very inebriated/intoxicated.

They left

@Newdude12 did not happen

@Sacchin f

We like to see your team! Im pretty sure you guys are like worlds most wanted.... :-) great job with the videos. Bravo !!!

my personal issue with the EU is that change is very unlikely, since most of the power comes from the member states its up to the member states to willingly give up the power, which almost any form of government will almost never do

yeah that's why the EU has already changed sagnificantly like a 100 times

"It's like a super state" Yes, yes it is.

Some states are much stronger than others, they would be very reluctant to give up their power

I would like the EU better if it was run by birds.

You meant birbs?

@Sufi Muslim Lion GET OUT

They’d probably do a better job tbf

@Aidid Rashed Efat no

The problem I see is that, the benefits out the cost the EU takes, maybe is not worth it. Too many damn politicians. They're useless. We need more simple, cheap and useful institutions

2:00 I love when the UK just "nope!s" out of the picture.

"I Love Democracy, I Love The Republic"

I love how Switzerland aint part of the EU. Switzerland's neutrality is just too funny (i did'nt mean to offend anyone).

They need to or they Cant trade also with the Schengen area

Switzerland follows EU rules without making them! This is the price to pay for free trade etc!

3:01 I like how the UK's representative just sneaks away LOL

Love it😂 and I will be voting out the bureaucratic, elitist, disconnected, social globalist tyranny through protest party tomorrow👍

Government should be as local as possible so that it is easier for people to keep it in check. We need decentralization not centralization. Every nation should be independent. We should even divide nations into partially independent states like in the US. If the EU was only an economic union I would be okay with it but I don't want to share my governing power with 500 million people. 66 million is too much yet alone 500 million. Also, thinking that an entire continent would like to live by the same laws is as far as you can get from the truth.

It kinda comes back down though

@ViskaDrake that's because wikipedia has a massive left-wing bias...

@Whateverfits not really, they do the same in the House of Commons. Also 🤢 to voting UKIP (or Brexit Party), they remind me too much of a UK-wide SNP who only have one agenda. Honestly unpopular opinion but I still think Conservatives are the best bet - Labour is full of Marxists, the Greens are also a bit too left leaning for my tastes, Lib Dems are good in theory but flip-flop on their policies too much... Don't get me wrong, May needs to be replaced with someone half decent, but still better than the alternatives!

I think part of the problem is it is an entirely new form of government that we still need to figure out how its supposed to operate. There arent many multinational groups that are as close as the EU is and we still need to figure out how a democracy made up of smaller democracies works.

EU is a good first step towards One-World Government. There was a story I heard recently about the EU having its own military to save money. There needs to be an end to the nation-state which are each led by a warlord, like Japan before unification.

Voting is important !

Holy mole! I thought i know roughly how the EU-system works... After this video, i know that i didn't know anything and still, even tho this video did good job, i'm confused... I'm from EU country myself.

"Politicians are worse than scientist atnaming things" Oh how bad could it...oh.

Look at some weird animal names and you’ll see scientists are the best at naming things

Especially fluffy Kings.

@Catheryn who are those "they"?

they meant "at naming" things

Antanaming? what is dat?

Put simply, the UK head negotiator, Baron David Frost = unelected bureaucrat, The US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross = appointed ex business man who never held an elected office, The EU Commissioner (until tonight) for trade Phil Hogan elected to the Irish Parliament and European Parliament multiple times forced to resign for breaking covid protocols unlike the real unelected leader of the UK Dom Cummins!

hey, hey.. blame the e.u for everything!

The feels when UK just slides off the map :( My country (England) is so dumb for believing the lies, or for not caring.

The European Union should be more televised. People in parlement aren't checked in that way and can mostly do what they want without consequences

You thought you were sneaky, Kurzgesagt. I saw what you did I saw that Tierzoo reference at 4:18

@Universe's Biggest Douchebag it’s a Zoology channel not a Biology channel. Unless it’s for a good reason like his Team Tree video he’ll probably stick to only mentioning other kingdoms offhandedly.

I did'nt unerstood anything

Yeah, love that reference. Also, when will tierzoo release virus and bacteria tier.

Stealth stat: mediocre.

I'm from latin america and picturing votes counting for something is a wild notion for me.

@Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa Boi If you think democracy is bullshit sure you will like communism or something like that

Sari Çizmeli Mehmet Ağa At least the opponent party has taken the two most famous cities in Turkey by voting. This is impossible for us in China. Is it possible that you prefer China's political system?

Same in France dont worry

Welcome to our democratic dinasties, please deposit your socialist vote over here.

that's not how it works this is bias

I think EU is democratic enough. They are not monopolized by the central government. Some of unitary countries are monopolized, so their government is sometimes nonsense and can be easily corrupted by selfish forces.

The EU commission is always presented as the EU government. Problem with that is, it is patently false. They are at best the bureaucracy level of government. They have no mandate to formulate policy or make political decisions, what they do is implement decisions by the EU Council, be it those made in treaties or those at Council meetings. E.g. the EU commission may suggest a specific trade policy, however the decision for or against it is done by the EU Council, maybe even national parliaments, not the EU Comission. To me the problem here is that the entire anti democracy narrative agenda hinges on the complete misunderstanding how much power the EU Commission has. In essence it is a strongly curtailed body of, yes, unelected bureaucrats, that at best gets limited mandates by the EU Council while being controlled by EU parliament. They are how top level bureaucracies are being instructed by elected officials in pretty much all representative democracies. They are not the people with mandate, they are advising and then implementing what they are being told by the people with mandate.

How to vote out EU representative? Most important thing here. We had it in Poland before WW2 but komunists disabled it, and new politicians are not willing to have it.

My Grandpa who conspires against the government: "no"

I love how England just kind of wanders away

@ReddoFreddo Exactly, people will die for it if pushed to far.. ask Ukraine.

*UK

@lerpog Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland. The full name of the UK is "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"

@Samuel Corsie many parts of the U.K seem to want to stay in the EU such as Scotland. It's not unlikely that it will leave the U.K .

​@Pietro Pirozzi There was a deal :) The UK is going to turn into a poverty hole after this lockdown though...

The EU is surprisingly a lot like how the states work on a state verses federal level

Isn't the issue that even if 100% of nations population (and their representatives) is against some EU decision, other countries can still just vote yes? Now, I assume EU can't directly force member country to obey, but it seems that EU then pressures representatives until their backbone snaps or are really crampy with that nation.

Honestly... I feel like it’s become somewhat corrupted over time, but I wouldn’t say it’s evil or bad

In principle the EU is a magnificent concept, it's just the reality that concept is presented with is somewhat flawed. Being from the UK, I'm sad that we voted leave but to an extent, given the feeling of disconnect (as well a some outrageous fallacies, £350 million a week more for the NHS anyone?) some people have for the EU I can understand why they voted the way that they did.

It seems like a mess in the U.K. when I saw tons of cars at the gas station on TV lol. So tell me, have things become better since leaving or worse?

I love how at 2:04 Britain floats away from the map and then slowly edges back in Edit: UK, not Britain. I keep forgetting that “United Kingdom” and “Great Britain” are not synonymous

GasMask Ronin No. Great Britain is the largest of the British Isles. England, Wales and Scotland are on the island Great Britain, Northern Ireland is on the island Ireland. Then there's all the other UK controlled islands like the Orkneys, Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, the Falklands and various other places. (Note, I wrote "controlled" as some of those places are still in dispute or under indirect control).

@Melonheaded UK is the United kingdom of Great Britain *and* northern Ireland

Call_Me_Player_DAMNIT_! Ah yes, you out of all 100,000+ of the people who watched this video noticed that. You, and only you.