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MarcusVorenus on June 6, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: TTIP explained: The secretive US-EU treaty that un...

> I'm just saying the result isn't representative and shouldn't be framed as the will of the people.

Fine, but then you can't really frame anything as being or not the will of the people as there's no point of reference. You can't say that TTIP and TPP and TISA are not the will of the people just because Reddit and a bunch of news sites like to hate on them, for instance.

mikeash on June 6, 2015 [–]

Sure you can. You can go see what people actually want and see how it lines up with the actions of their elected officials.

Often the two do line up. Sometimes they don't. The fact that these officials were elected doesn't automatically indicate either way.

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