Subsidiarity: the concession by which the sovereign parliaments of member-countries of the EU are required to pass into law those rules, regulations etc which have already been legislated in Brussels.
Eurocrat dictator in Brussels - " the EU imperialist project is in grave danger, Senor Barosso. The Irish might vote No to the Lisbon Treaty!"

Barosso - "Don't worry Pierre, I got da boys down da Vatican hittin''em up on prime time TV with a dose of good ol' fashioned subsidiarity til dey give us a Yes."
by bromp May 30, 2008
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That's not what I meant by subsidiarity.
Hym "When I said 'subsidiarity' I meant Subsidiarity is the principle of allowing the individual members of a large organization to make decisions on issues that affect them, rather than leaving those decisions to be made by the whole group. But in 'Hierarchical subsidiarity' you would have people at the top of the hierarchy making decisions for the group while simultaneously distancing themselves from the problems of the people beneath them. What Jordan Peterson means when HE says subsidiarity is What is a synonym for subsidiarity?
subservience, subservientness. in a subservient state. type of: inferiority, lower rank, lower status. He wants the too arrogant workers to be maximally humble while He and Russell and Elon (allegedly) rape their way to the top and lord over everyone beneath them. Not what I meant when I said it."
by Hym Iam October 31, 2023
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Hym "I think the word you're looking for is 'subsidiarity,' Chris. So you ARE seeing them whether I post them or not. Thats cool. I mean, I have a lot of backlog that I haven't full fleshed out yet, I mean... Are you seeing that. I have, like, dozens at a time. It was frustrating to think nobody was seeing them but I guess now I don't have to worry about it."
by Hym Iam October 9, 2023
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