[mr90210]

> Europe will end up having draconian oversight and censorship that will be abused beyond belief by fascists.

As a non-European, I see the benefits of the EU efforts, but I also see them (the suits in Brussels) getting hooked on power and control in the last ~7 years.

As an example:

"The EU Commission refuses to disclose the orchestrators behind its mass surveillance proposal, which would effectively end citizens’ online privacy." - https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1l2655n/the_eu_comm...

Edit: removed unnecessary content.

[fn-mote]

> I also see them […] getting hooked on power and control in the last ~7 years.

Unfortunately it seems to be a worldwide trend.

I think it would be shorter to list countries without serious (current) authoritarian tendencies.

[layer8]

The EU Commission isn’t the EU Parliament, however, and then there’s also the European Court of Justice protecting the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. So it’s a bit more nuanced.

[wizzwizz4]

Remove the commentary about downvotes, and you're less likely to be downvoted. The HN hivemind likes substantive comments.

[mr90210]

Done, thanks.

[chrisg23]

It my impression that most people in the EU and outside of it think the citizens of the member countries can vote to replace that or change things, so its ok.

Seems like something I'd be afraid of though if I were a EU citizen, or in a neighboring country the EU wants to absorb next.