RE: 50 years of friendship/fail
January 22, 2013 at 6:46 am
(This post was last modified: January 22, 2013 at 6:59 am by Darth.)
Im actually a dual citizen (Aussie and British). So I can come over there whenever I like, I'm a fellow citizen :3.
I'm going to be for the free trade agreements (ooooh, huge shock there, Stue supporting free trade? *gasp*).
It seems to me that a continent with a rich history and highly diverse cultures is going to really struggle with forming a political union, even if it were voted on democratically by each country, even if the people did support it (the contempt for democracy I seem coming from Europe scares me quite frankly). People in West Australia aren't all fond of taking orders from eastern states (especially when people feel that W.A contributes much more than it gets back). I can't imagine how Germans might feel, taking orders from Brits, and vice versa.
Switzerland & Norway seems to have gone about it the right way (but for the currency peg). Shame Switzerland is landlocked.
Hell, look at Switzerland itself, it's a French/Italian/German mix (linguistically at least, yes I know the cultures aren't the same...), and yet I don't see it being in any danger of collapsing/dissolving any time soon... What are they doing right? What did Europe do differently? Democracy?
I'm going to be for the free trade agreements (ooooh, huge shock there, Stue supporting free trade? *gasp*).
It seems to me that a continent with a rich history and highly diverse cultures is going to really struggle with forming a political union, even if it were voted on democratically by each country, even if the people did support it (the contempt for democracy I seem coming from Europe scares me quite frankly). People in West Australia aren't all fond of taking orders from eastern states (especially when people feel that W.A contributes much more than it gets back). I can't imagine how Germans might feel, taking orders from Brits, and vice versa.
Switzerland & Norway seems to have gone about it the right way (but for the currency peg). Shame Switzerland is landlocked.
Hell, look at Switzerland itself, it's a French/Italian/German mix (linguistically at least, yes I know the cultures aren't the same...), and yet I don't see it being in any danger of collapsing/dissolving any time soon... What are they doing right? What did Europe do differently? Democracy?
Nemo me impune lacessit.
