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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 May 2017

      Aral Balkan Retweeted

      Idiocy. Europe must regulate, not capitulate to Silicon Valley corporations. Join @DiEM_25 and help us draft the tech policy that will. https://twitter.com/petrakramer/status/869208248703995904 …

      Aral Balkan added,

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      3 replies 28 retweets 44 likes
    2. Raven‏ @Raven80504432 29 May 2017
      Replying to @aral @DiEM_25

      I think it might be a good idea if the EU first figures out what needs to be regulated, rather than regulating ALL the things ...

      1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
    3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 May 2017
      Replying to @Raven80504432 @DiEM_25

      Not sure who’s advocating regulating all the things—abusive practices should be regulated (& we must combat institutional corruption first)

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    4. Morvjn‏ @morvjn 30 May 2017
      Replying to @aral @Raven80504432 @DiEM_25

      The stupid cookie law or the insane "right to be forgotten" are prime examples of idiotic #EU regulation. We need less, not more of it.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Raven‏ @Raven80504432 30 May 2017
      Replying to @morvjn @aral @DiEM_25

      Corporations should have little or no input; it should be designed to protect humans, not multi nationals.

      1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
    6. Morvjn‏ @morvjn 30 May 2017
      Replying to @Raven80504432 @aral @DiEM_25

      Are you aware of current #EU law making? Corporations practically write the things. Wishlists of EU companies trying to keep out competition

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. DIEM 25 Lyon‏ @Diem25Lyon 30 May 2017
      Replying to @morvjn @Raven80504432 and

      We can get leverage on issues with a big public profile. We can be the lobby, because everyone uses the net and can understand the issues

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Morvjn‏ @morvjn 30 May 2017
      Replying to @Diem25Lyon @Raven80504432 and

      I think you are being naive. Input must be institutionalized or its worthless. Legislative process must be restored to democratic principle.

      3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. DIEM 25 Lyon‏ @Diem25Lyon 30 May 2017
      Replying to @morvjn @Raven80504432 and

      So you see, we're on the same page Morvjn... Transparency and democracy. Reforming the institutions is much harder, but we're on to that too

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. Morvjn‏ @morvjn 30 May 2017
      Replying to @Diem25Lyon @Raven80504432 and

      Im skeptical the EU is reformable. The institutions were designed undemocratic on purpose. The ones in power want to keep them that way.

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 30 May 2017
      Replying to @morvjn @Diem25Lyon and

      (Which will be crucial to having instruments to counter nationalism following a post-EU Europe if we fail to reform it and it disintegrates)

      4:56 AM - 30 May 2017
      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Morvjn‏ @morvjn 30 May 2017
          Replying to @aral @Diem25Lyon and

          Im not convinced super-nationalism is necessarly better than nationalism.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Raven‏ @Raven80504432 30 May 2017
          Replying to @morvjn @aral and

          Something that has crossed my mind more than once, but seems to be missed a lot of the time. EU is more than a bit hypocritcal there.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. DIEM 25 Lyon‏ @Diem25Lyon 30 May 2017
          Replying to @Raven80504432 @morvjn and

          1) stop competing between countries 2) many things are better done at EU level. An EU foreign policy would have to be fairly virtuous.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Raven‏ @Raven80504432 30 May 2017
          Replying to @Diem25Lyon @morvjn and

          It's possible to have that level of cooperation without a supranational entity sitting in the middle pulling the strings...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. DIEM 25 Lyon‏ @Diem25Lyon 30 May 2017
          Replying to @Raven80504432 @morvjn and

          No, it isn't. Evil as it is, the Commission is more virtuous than the Council (28 governments). What we need is power to the @Europarl_EN

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Raven‏ @Raven80504432 30 May 2017
          Replying to @Diem25Lyon @morvjn and

          The power needs to lie with the people, not the corporate front men, aka the governments...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. DIEM 25 Lyon‏ @Diem25Lyon 30 May 2017
          Replying to @Raven80504432 @morvjn and

          Yes!The EU is more transparent and accountable than the average EU government... w/o EU, the people of the less democratic countries suffer

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. Morvjn‏ @morvjn 30 May 2017
          Replying to @Diem25Lyon @Raven80504432 and

          Thats simply not true. Thats the problem with the EU. Its less accountable.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Raven‏ @Raven80504432 30 May 2017
          Replying to @aral @morvjn and

          I do think it's important to recognise & appreciate those things which give us cultural identity. The differences make us wonderful :)

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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