Ceterum Censeo EU Esse Delendam — TPP, TTIP, and EU

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Nick Johnson quotes Michael Hudson, who writes:

The recently proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and its European counterpart, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), would compel governments to relinquish these powers [to pursue socially responsible policies mandated and supervised by the electorate] to corporate lawyers and referees appointed by Wall Street, the City of London, Frankfurt and other financial centers.

My reply:

Ceterum censeo EU (Unionem Europaeam) esse delendam: Those complaining about TPP and TTIP should acknowledge that the EU is an even larger scheme to “compel governments to relinquish” powers given to them to serve the interests of those that have lend them power via democratic elections. The electorate should be able to retract the power politicians borrow from them – yet it is this vital capacity of a democratic people that the EU obstructs with the greatest efficiency.