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Three reasons: 1) They don't get tech. They are luddites. IT came from the US and they regard it suspiciously because it causes disruption, while EU is all abo
by nickpp 5y ago
Three reasons:
1) They don't get tech. They are luddites. IT came from the US and they regard it suspiciously because it causes disruption, while EU is all about preserving the status quo and old money. Europe does not appreciate new money, self-made businessmen and entrepreneurship.
2) The two-level government. It should work in theory (after all, EU representatives are directly elected) but in practice it just removes any responsibility from those bureaucrats.
3) West European countries are oriented to the past. They can't innovate and evolve. Their rules and regulations are simply meant to preserve that past and stave off the future bringing all these damn changes.
In the end, it's about control. EU is obsessed about controlling its people and is horrified by those it can't control. Because they bring change, something unacceptable to the good old boys of Europe...
- atq2119 5y agoThat seems a bit too simplistic and extreme. More likely, it's because the EU feels too removed from the people. There are plenty of reasons for that, and we're stuck in the pessimum place where democratic reform of the EU which would help bring it more in line with what people want is prevented because too many people don't like the EU. This is basically what happened with the Treaty of Maastricht, and three decades later the situation has if anything gotten worse.