(July 1, 2016 at 12:17 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(July 1, 2016 at 11:56 am)SofaKingHigh Wrote: This is one of the interesting parts of all of the criticism I've received from Americans, here and on other sites........if the US ever found themselves in a position where laws were being passed by an organisation outside of your own country, that governed parts of your everyday life....Sorry, missed this one.
How'd you think that vote would have gone?
We -are- in that position. The US States and the EU States have more in common than right wingers on either side of the pond like to admit. Just as Texas and the UK have alot in common, in context, main difference between them being that Texas isn't foolish enough to -act- on it's secessionist day-dreams...nor does anyone there actually believe that it would strike a mortal blow if they left, or if we withheld or severely taxed trade between us and the newly minted them.
You will not be negotiating from a position of power...that is an imperialist brit fantasy. You will be negotiating for sympathy, you've just impoverished yourselves. The only play is to try and make the EU seem like a big bad meanie and stir shit with it's remaining member states. Which is exactly what your reps did, when they took the floor last...with scotland begging and britain passive-aggresively asking for a handout.
That, isn't the same, at all. The Texas situation is more akin to Cornwall over here, them not being sovereign states, but still.
With all due respect, we'll just have to sit it out, it's interesting to see the frothy mouthed reactions from people who have no vested interest, especially considering their reactions seem so ill-informed.
We'll see the outcome in a few years, as I said before, my guess is that Britain shall be in a much stronger position than we were.
You may refer to me as "Oh High One."
