> What if its okay for different groups of people to retain their autonomy and their sovereignty--something people have fought and died for throughout history?

> What if its okay for different groups of people to retain their autonomy and their sovereignty--something people have fought and died for throughout history? Depends. I much prefer personal autonomy over national sovereignty. While I understand that many people feel strong national identification, I lost this long time ago, maybe because I felt Czecho-Slovak but my country split, maybe because I see the pain of my grand-father due to his Palestinian origin. Fortunately, currently for me the soverenity of states usually result mostly in bureocratic annoyances, such as when a colleague of mine couldn't join me on a face-to-face meeting, because he is from Ukraine and would first need to obtain visa for Ireland.