It's a stupid and tired myth that every successful association must be very tight, military not just economic, with a special new currency, zero differences of

It's a stupid and tired myth that every successful association must be very tight, military not just economic, with a special new currency, zero differences of opinion between the members, etc. This is a strawman that people like to kick around and ridicule anything less than that, but what is currently happening in reality is much more nuanced and interesting.