"Mind you, empires are driven by a dominant culture and group. The question then becomes: who would play (or is playing) that role in the EU?" I had quite an a

"Mind you, empires are driven by a dominant culture and group. The question then becomes: who would play (or is playing) that role in the EU?" I had quite an acidic comment originally about this first but then realized up-to-date political debate is out of context for HN. But yes, to me in light of history this is a huge thing - and is mostly ignored in daily discussion.