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Nevertheless that exact plan is in the minds of every higher-up running the EU. Individual counties are an anachronism that will eventually be got rid of if the
by gizajob 1mo ago
Nevertheless that exact plan is in the minds of every higher-up running the EU. Individual counties are an anachronism that will eventually be got rid of if the EU is to continue.
- arethuza 1mo agoThe UK is a "country of countries" - with fairly significant differences between some of the component parts - maybe the EU could become something like that?
- gizajob 1mo agoYou realise how many wars and how much bloodshed over how many centuries it took for that to happen in the UK?
- arethuza 1mo agoThe political union of England and Scotland was achieved without bloodshed and largely because folks in Scotland wanted a financial bailout to cover the utterly disastrous Scottish colonial efforts in Darien.
- gizajob 1mo agoHow about Northern Ireland?
- arethuza 1mo agoPersonally I expect NI to peacefully unify with the Republic of Ireland at some point in the next 20 years? Or maybe not - all depends on how people vote rather than fighting?
- gizajob 1mo agoI feel like you might not know much about the peace process in NI. If you’d like to see a return to things getting blown up and catholics being gunned down by loyalists, then suggest conducting a vote on joining Ireland and leaving the UK.
- ben_w 1mo agoRepeating that part would be unnecessarily detrimental, especially given that right now "become a country" would require majority support from everyone to even get started. Also, the general area was basically at war most of the time from the Etruscan era to the formation of the EU, and the EU is (amongst other things) an attempt to be at peace, so it would already be a similarity even without repetition.
- nutjob2 1mo agoIt also reflects how Europeans increasingly feel about the EU, especially young people who don't see or live within national borders and very much enjoy those freedoms. They are the future and what the EU will eventually become.
- gizajob 1mo agoYeah, an English-speaking mess.