That's the point. If the EU is more homogeneous and it has some serious issues, then a similar union in somewhere with even greater diversity may be prone to th

That's the point. If the EU is more homogeneous and it has some serious issues, then a similar union in somewhere with even greater diversity may be prone to the same issues or worse (note: I'm just paraphrasing the poster for clarification - I'm not knowledgable enough on the AU to comment on whether this is true)