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> By what metric are they unequal? Crime rates? Economic output? Level of corruption? Degree of political freedom? What? Political culture, economic customs an
by Gormo 14y ago
> By what metric are they unequal? Crime rates? Economic output? Level of corruption? Degree of political freedom? What?
Political culture, economic customs and practices, actual membership in the European Union...
- jacalata 14y agothanks. I hadn't specified since I thought the point of difference was so blindingly obvious in context, but I guess not to everyone.
- Kudzu_Bob 14y agoYou forgot to add, "and not being handcuffed to a dead man."
- jacalata 14y agoso...you think the EU is a bad thing (I assume that's the dead man you are talking about), and Switzerland made the right decision to not tie themselves to it, but those countries that did decide to join it should give Switzerland all the benefits that would accrue from being a member while allowing them to avoid any possible negative outcomes, because Switzerland is just so awesome. That's an interesting perspective.
- Kudzu_Bob 14y agoLong after the EU has succumbed to gigantism the Swiss will still be around. To believe that the sick should shun the healthy is an inversion of reality.