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Coulda woulda shoulda They fucked around and now they are in the finding out phase. There is no way the EU will allow them to continue with their jackasseries.

by x86x87 3y ago

Coulda woulda shoulda They fucked around and now they are in the finding out phase. There is no way the EU will allow them to continue with their jackasseries. If you want back in apply like a new state and accept the shit conditions new members have to accept. You're not special. You're a shadow of a former great empire and your economy is collapsing. Immigrants? Those fools are actually keeping you afloat while you pretend they're the root of all your problems.

bbg2401 3y ago
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- dang 3y ago
  Against British people? Have you never seen the Monty Python links I've posted? This is an example of how it always feels like the community and/or mods are against you*. It's striking to what lengths this principle can go. (Not to pick on you personally—this mechanism seems to be hard-wired in all of us.) I promise you that neither the mods nor the community hate British people. Personally I love them/you, and I'm confident most of the community here ranges is neutral or better, and nowhere near hate. No doubt some nasty comments have appeared here, but that's because everything appears here. It's a large public internet forum. * https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Edit: it unfortunately looks like you've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly; examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36367395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36367395 (June 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34965339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34965339 (Feb 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34802872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34802872 (Feb 2023) We have to ban accounts that post like that. I don't want to ban you, so please don't post like that!
- x86x87 3y ago
  We probably have a different definition for xenophobia. Is anything I said not factually accurate? What triggered you? Tge empire bit? The British empire was huge and controled the world at one point in time. The fact that the economy is collapsing? The fact that immigrants are treated like shift in UK? Every country and political system has to live with the monsters they created, UK included.
  - blibble 3y ago
    > Is anything I said not factually accurate? well, this isn't: > The fact that the economy is collapsing? in 2023 UK is economy predicted to grow, albeit slowly meanwhile the Germany economy is predicted to contract
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    You didn't say anything unreasonable or inaccurate at all.
gumballindie 3y ago
Interesting. Why are the conditions to join the eu shit? What’s the purpose? And how does it correlate to a steady stream of convenient immigrants from within the eu towards other states within the union? And why is it always the same states that attract? During the brexit campaign no one asked why people are leaving. What causes such massive displacement of people within the eu?
dffdsa432 3y ago
It's quite naive that you don't think the EU is harmed significantly by Britain leaving. The EU would take Britain back in a heartbeat.
- BrandoElFollito 3y ago
  France will never agree to the special rules the UK negotiated when they were part of the EU. We also do not particularly keep the UK (politically speaking) close to our hearts. The Calais situation, pour contact for submarines passed to the UK (and US), etc. Pour gouvernement is seen as weak when it comes to conflicts with the UK so politicians will need to take that into account as well.
- xk_id 3y ago
  You seem to be making the same flawed assumption that the vast majority of british population does. The EU is not, and has never been, a project primarily driven by economic interests. It is a socio-political union, predicated on the fundamental principle of co-operation between different cultures, who regard each other as equals. But this will always be at odds with the unique superiority complex inherent in the culture of (mainly) white english people. This why UK never actually belonged in the EU and ended up causing endless friction; De Gaulle anticipated this and even blocked UK's membership several times. The reality is the EU was more relieved, than harmed by brexit.
tim333 3y ago
The UK chipped in a big chunk of their budget, second to Germany. They'd probably like the money even if we are annoying.

by x86x87 3y ago

bbg2401 3y ago

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dang 3y ago
Against British people? Have you never seen the Monty Python links I've posted? This is an example of how it always feels like the community and/or mods are against you*. It's striking to what lengths this principle can go. (Not to pick on you personally—this mechanism seems to be hard-wired in all of us.) I promise you that neither the mods nor the community hate British people. Personally I love them/you, and I'm confident most of the community here ranges is neutral or better, and nowhere near hate. No doubt some nasty comments have appeared here, but that's because everything appears here. It's a large public internet forum. * https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22always%20feels%22%20mods%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Edit: it unfortunately looks like you've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly; examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36367395 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36367395 (June 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34965339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34965339 (Feb 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34802872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34802872 (Feb 2023) We have to ban accounts that post like that. I don't want to ban you, so please don't post like that!
x86x87 3y ago
We probably have a different definition for xenophobia. Is anything I said not factually accurate? What triggered you? Tge empire bit? The British empire was huge and controled the world at one point in time. The fact that the economy is collapsing? The fact that immigrants are treated like shift in UK? Every country and political system has to live with the monsters they created, UK included.
- blibble 3y ago
  > Is anything I said not factually accurate? well, this isn't: > The fact that the economy is collapsing? in 2023 UK is economy predicted to grow, albeit slowly meanwhile the Germany economy is predicted to contract
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  You didn't say anything unreasonable or inaccurate at all.

gumballindie 3y ago

Interesting. Why are the conditions to join the eu shit? What’s the purpose? And how does it correlate to a steady stream of convenient immigrants from within the eu towards other states within the union? And why is it always the same states that attract? During the brexit campaign no one asked why people are leaving. What causes such massive displacement of people within the eu?

dffdsa432 3y ago

It's quite naive that you don't think the EU is harmed significantly by Britain leaving. The EU would take Britain back in a heartbeat.

BrandoElFollito 3y ago
France will never agree to the special rules the UK negotiated when they were part of the EU. We also do not particularly keep the UK (politically speaking) close to our hearts. The Calais situation, pour contact for submarines passed to the UK (and US), etc. Pour gouvernement is seen as weak when it comes to conflicts with the UK so politicians will need to take that into account as well.
xk_id 3y ago
You seem to be making the same flawed assumption that the vast majority of british population does. The EU is not, and has never been, a project primarily driven by economic interests. It is a socio-political union, predicated on the fundamental principle of co-operation between different cultures, who regard each other as equals. But this will always be at odds with the unique superiority complex inherent in the culture of (mainly) white english people. This why UK never actually belonged in the EU and ended up causing endless friction; De Gaulle anticipated this and even blocked UK's membership several times. The reality is the EU was more relieved, than harmed by brexit.

tim333 3y ago

The UK chipped in a big chunk of their budget, second to Germany. They'd probably like the money even if we are annoying.