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> EU should have a pre-memeber clearing state that countries stay in and then vote every year or n years to be "in" or "out" of the EU. But part of being in the

> EU should have a pre-memeber clearing state that countries stay in and then vote every year or n years to be "in" or "out" of the EU. But part of being in the EU should be to maintain non-in versions of all policies so that members can actually negotiate and easily leave without having huge bureaucratic cost. Do the United States have a system like that?

bombcar 2y ago
Down here we had a minor discussion in the 1800s about how the states and federal government should be run. General consensus since then has been that states can’t leave, but who knows! Things could change.
- mmmmmbop 2y ago
  I see. Arguably Brexit was less painful than that discussion.