No Subject

But from the perspective of elites, there is no concern for
democracy. Rather than listening to the people, the
recommended response is to seek a way to get the people to
change their minds. This is the perspective we are being
invited to adopt. As a reader, we can either stop reading,
rejecting the propaganda, or else we can go on, implicitly
accepting the writer's framing as being worthy of
consideration. But who are we to question Kirsty Hughes, a
"former senior fellow of the Centre for European Policy
Studies"? Without strong contrary views, most readers would
continue reading, not aware that their perspective has been
subtly shifted to align with that of elites.

Continuing...

        But many other member states are keen to carry on with
        ratification.  As Krzystof Bobinski of the Unia & Polska
        Foundation in Warsaw comments, "a lot of the smaller member
        states are saying, 'Why should France take the decision for
        everyone?' "
              While he admits that in Poland itself many will be glad to see
        the back of the constitution, he thinks the likely "mother of
        all crises" would be very damaging for the EU.
              "Poland needs safe harbours," he says. "Not harbours where the
        French dismantle the harbour walls as soon as Poland sails
        in."

Here we see themes combined. "Why should France take the
decision for everyone?" and "French dismantle the harbour
walls" appeals to democratic sentiments in the reader -
framing the French vote as an undemocratic act, a "great
power" ignoring the hopes of the poor, down-trodden Eastern
European masses. At the same time, the general framing is from
the viewpoint of elites, where "many will be glad to see the
back of the constitution" is not something we should listen
to, but rather something we only grudgingly "admit".

        In the short-run, France may lose political capital in the EU,
        having failed to deliver its public's support...[and later]...
        But other countries have voters to placate too.

Here the elite-viewpoint theme is stated boldly. Who is
France?...France is not its people - the public - but
something else, something apart, something that manipulates
and "delivers" its people to the EU agenda. Similarly, the job
of other countries is not to listen to their people, but rather
to "placate" them. This is how elites see things, and this is
how the French government (and all other EU governments)
behave. The writer invites us to go along.

        Some suggest the EU could take some of the key parts of the
        constitution - an EU foreign minister, new voting
        arrangements, the European Council presidency - and push these
        through separately.
            But not only are these things at the heart of the
        constitution, making it a rather cynical exercise to push
        ahead, it also means what is left out is all the hard work
        done to clarify, simplify and make more consistent current EU
        structures.

I find this very interesting. What we are seeing here - and
this is an example of gleaning real information from
propaganda - is essentially an internal elite dialog. There is
a real question for elites: "What should our strategic
response be?" Kristy explains here two of the elite options.
Notice the world "push" with respect to the first option,
again demonstrating the elite disdain for democracy.

Her first option, presumably, includes those items which she
(as elite spokesperson) considers to be the least
controversial to voters - otherwise, what would be the point
of attempting to "push" them through separately?  But wait, this
first option is rather comprehensive!  What in fact, does it
leave out? In fact, the main things left out - as we shall see
in the days to come - are the neoliberal economic provisions.
Implicitly then, she is admitting what the real issue is. But of
course that cannot be admitted openly, so she disguises
the 'remainder' as "all the hard work done to clarify,
simplify and make more consistent current EU structures"
Pure B.S.

more tomorrow,
rkm

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