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>we seem to be the only large institution that countries still want to voluntarily join, and can voluntarily leave. Really? Because there's this organisation c
by drstewart 10d ago
>we seem to be the only large institution that countries still want to voluntarily join, and can voluntarily leave.
Really? Because there's this organisation called CUSMA that nations can voluntarily leave (the US) and some want to stay in (Canada).
It's economy is larger than the EU btw.
- vrganj 10d agoCUSMA is just a trade deal, not a full-on organization like the EU. If we're doing a trade deal measuring contest, I will just point out that the EU has the world's largest free trade network, including Canada (already), South Korea, most of Latin America, India etc etc.
- drstewart 10d agoNATO is an organisation and people want to join it - and it has more countries than the EU. Let me guess: NATO doesn't count because... Sorry, the EU does not have any special mythical status that does not apply to other organisations, unless you want to play word games so it's the only one that even qualifies.
- vrganj 10d agoApples, Oranges etc once again. Of course NATO is a completely different kind of organization from the EU. The Catholic Church has more members than NATO, too, but it's a completely nonsensical comparison. The EU doesn't have some mythical status that doesn't apply to any other organization, it just has a very specific status in political science that it's the most successful example of: Supranationalism. Anyways, why are we doing this silly phallus size competition in the first place? Can't we just accept that the EU is a major player on the world stage and that people look up to it?