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For the purposes of determining if a United States of Europe is viable, I think the US is not necessarily a great example. After all, it took two devastating wa
by ariwilson 11y ago
For the purposes of determining if a United States of Europe is viable, I think the US is not necessarily a great example. After all, it took two devastating wars (the Civil War and WW2) to truly centralize federal power / exhibit great power organization in the way it does today.
- fsloth 11y agoUnited States was also intentionally grown over centuries, mostly as a single polity. Systems design is hard - takes time, takes effort to fix any bugs. US might be one the most painstakingly designed/constructed systems in the modern times. China figured their system out when the pyramids were built and has basically been ruled using the same principles ever since. The thing is, these things take time because they require a cultural context where the motivations and the dynamic of the people can be understood and made to cooperate. These time and culture aspects make the concept of the united states of europe feel quite fantastical.