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At one point, 20 years back, I was joking that The Netherlands should quit the EU and join the USA as the 51st state. Lot less appealing in the current politica
by jtwaleson 19d ago
At one point, 20 years back, I was joking that The Netherlands should quit the EU and join the USA as the 51st state. Lot less appealing in the current political climate, but for technology it'd be great. My point was that the constitution of the US is based on ideas, and the country could be open to any territory, independent of location, whereas all of Europe's countries are based on more on historical artifacts.
Funny that the opposite approach is now considered with Canada. I can see it though.
- fuoqi 19d ago>My point was that the constitution of the US is based on ideas, and the country could be open to any territory, independent of location It seems you do not know anything about Puerto Rico and its history of shameful US meddling.
- anon291 19d agoRight Europe famously has never meddled
- goobatrooba 19d agoWell "Europe" doesn't meddle in the Netherlands. The Netherlands are part of the EU and the Dutch government has to agree with every single important EU decision for it to be adopted. So when there's "meddling" it is about rules that the Dutch government has itself agreed should apply.
- anon291 19d agoWow that really flew over your head
- jtwaleson 18d agoI was young and naive