On what basis? For all it's faults Google was great. Now it isn't. Why wouldn't we think the EU is just the same, but on a longer timespan. Maybe if we had be

On what basis? For all it's faults Google was great. Now it isn't. Why wouldn't we think the EU is just the same, but on a longer timespan. Maybe if we had been more critical of google in the beginning, despite it's initial comparative goodness, it would have found it harder becoming rooted.