I think its constitutional design is relatively apolitical
Relatively as long as we are talking about variations of parlamentary republic or other system without Great Leader. For example we can compare EU and USA of our timeline: one has functioning healthcare, public transport and labour laws, while other has system, that allows only for two right-wing parties to exist, both of which compete for sucking corporate dicks more.
And as you have said “if that’s who won in the national + EP elections”. Having oligarchy neigbour instead of leftist one makes domestic oligarchs more likely to win.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I wonder what the USSR would look like today if it still existed. Probably not good.
uis@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Better than Putin Russia, that for sure.
I think it would look like “better EU”.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I think the EU could easily be far more leftist if that’s who won in the national + EP elections
uis@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Relatively as long as we are talking about variations of parlamentary republic or other system without Great Leader. For example we can compare EU and USA of our timeline: one has functioning healthcare, public transport and labour laws, while other has system, that allows only for two right-wing parties to exist, both of which compete for sucking corporate dicks more.
And as you have said “if that’s who won in the national + EP elections”. Having oligarchy neigbour instead of leftist one makes domestic oligarchs more likely to win.
Atemu@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
It’d look exactly like Russia but bigger. Same corruption, same authoritarianism, same human rights abuse, same power imbalance etc.