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Let's not overstate the case. The EU was built to keep France and Germany from getting into another war, and it has been successful at that. All the other "prin
by nradov 5mo ago
Let's not overstate the case. The EU was built to keep France and Germany from getting into another war, and it has been successful at that. All the other "principles" are just window dressing.
- mvc 5mo agoIsn't it up to Europeans to define the purpose of the EU? What's your claim to having the right to define it?
- nradov 5mo agoI'm not defining anything. I'm just explaining why the key decision makers actually created the EU. The statements made for public consumption shouldn't be taken too seriously.
- DiogenesKynikos 5mo agoYou're vastly underestimating the economic importance of EU integration.
- nradov 5mo agoIs that why the EU economic growth rate is so stagnant?
- spacemanspiffii 5mo agoSimplistic reply without substance. The EU economic growth is influenced by much more than just the integration. It can be stagnant not because but despite the integration. It could also be the case that EU integration was an attempt to improve economy but it didn't work out.
- nradov 4mo agoSo no evidence of economic importance.
- DiogenesKynikos 4mo agoDo you think it would harm the US economy if every state instituted its own currency, put up border checkpoints, only allowed its own citizens to work and live in-state, and imposed tariffs on all the other states?