On: EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’

[bnastic]

Ask Brits who their MEPs are, see if they know (or have even heard of MEPs... modulo Farage for his infamy)

[ahakki → bnastic]

Ask Brits who their MPs are, see if they know. And this isn’t a brittish problem. Ask Americans who their Representatives are, see if they know.

Not rly an MEP problem I think. Most people don’t care that much.

[patrickmcnamara → bnastic]

It's the public's fault if they are uninformed about MEPs who they themselves vote in.

[iamnothere → patrickmcnamara]

Isn't this the same attitude as "it's the user's fault if they click OK" on shrink-wrap legalese, repetitive security prompts, and the like?

People are constantly overwhelmed with choices, and eventually they start to economize on their decision-making to focus on immediate needs. Certain systems (particularly those designed by marketers and politicians) are set up to take advantage of this trait.