zephyr88 said:
ABATTBQ11 said:
zephyr88 said:
Teslag said:
The EU is what America would be if we kept the articles of confederation
Listening... care to elaborate?
The way the EU operates is similar to the US did under the Articles of Confederation. Sovereign member states subject to a weak central government with a unified currency. Lots of competing agendas and "Me first" domestic policies on member states that with against the greater good (like dependence on Russian O&G, insistence on intake of "asylum seekers", etc).
Thanks.... I get it now.
Kinda, just to add
The EU is a very strong regulatory body, which through commerce has manged to go far beyond trade
The problem they have now, the individual nation states voices have been so dilluted that any dissent is just washed out. They've sold thier sovereignty. There are no cross country parties or voting blocks to reign in the left. There is no real unity
This is why I would have been in favor of Brexit, dilution of sovereignty to foreign control. No thanks
You have a leftist body backed by 28 mostly leftist countries. I dont think it's corrective until you get 18 or 20 of the countries to go right. Or if more powerful members leave.
If it had been articles of confederation the central government wouldn't have had the power to make so many national decisions, imo