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[–] Petyr_Baelish 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I'm not against it, I'm not for it. I'm skeptical of the way it's being pushed through without being a part of public debate.

EDIT: The way I see it, there are only two possible main reasons why it's not being talked about all the time across the political sphere.

The first possibility (and the most likely) is that politicians, political staffers and lobby groups have taken the position that the average person simply isn't educated or informed enough to understand all the elements of the agreement, and therefore it's just going to be easier to push it through without having a lot of bickering over it. This perhaps isn't malicious, but it is condescending and not very democratic.

The second possibility is less likely but a lot more worrisome. That is, they know damn well that there are things in this agreement that are going to screw over a great deal of people, and they want it done now before it can be halted.