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Brexit was a pre-agreed process for secession. That's why it's different. US has anti-Federalists, though who can work to legally diminish the power of the cen
by gowld 4y ago
Brexit was a pre-agreed process for secession. That's why it's different.
US has anti-Federalists, though who can work to legally diminish the power of the central government.
- arethuza 4y agoAlso worth noting that the UK itself has been perfectly reasonable (at least so far) about constituent countries that want to consider leaving - Scotland had an independence referendum and Northern Ireland has as a part of the Good Friday Agreement a possibility for uniting with the Republic.
- generalizations 4y agoWhich IMHO would be a healthy counterbalance to the federalists who successfully increased the power of the central government during the 20th century.
- JacobThreeThree 4y agoAnd almost every successive power grab by the federalists was sold as temporary, but has become permanent.